At the conclusion of a regional summit held on November 17–18, 2025, in Benin, ministers responsible for digital affairs from West and Central African countries adopted the Cotonou Declaration, ...

South Africa is researching launching ammonia-powered iron ore carriers between Saldanha Bay and Rotterdam, if successful this could mark a turning point for African trade. The project positions the ...

Rwanda’s trade policy is being revised to address long-standing gaps that have limited the country’s trade performance and competitiveness. A revised policy will address issues such as a narrow and ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

SA has real chance to become Africa’s first AI-powered economy, says Nokia (ITWeb) SA has a clear opportunity to become Africa’s first AI-powered economy – if it can success ...

Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments ...

The recent signing by sixteen African Governments of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement has been hailed as a breakthrough event. [1] Commentators claim that this new pact will bring about major trade ...

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

Over the past 10 years, intra-Africa trade has grown from US$ 98 billion in 2013 to US$ 102 billion in 2022. Despite this performance, intra-Africa trade as a share of Africa’s global trade has ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. In November 2023, following the conclusion of the annual AGOA Forum in South Africa, US ...

The AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) was adopted by the AU Assembly during its 36th Ordinary Session held from 18 to 19 February 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Protocol ...

Rules of Origin (RoO) are the administrative rules and criteria used to determine the origin status of products that are traded across borders. This is an important consideration in trade, as ...