According to the report, the programme, formally launched on August 20, 2025, is part of a new regional strategy to build “borderless value chains” across West Africa and strengthen linkages between ...

South Africa’s cabinet approved an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP 2025) in mid-October. The masterplan for the country’s energy development going forward contains some astounding numbers. The IRP ...

Trade negotiations with the US now ‘based on text’ – Ramaphosa (Moneyweb) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that negotiations for a trade deal with the US are ongoing and voiced ...

SA to forge trade agreements with Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam (SAnews) South Africa is working closely with Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia to establish free trade agreements ...

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 ...

The 16th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD16) is taking place from 20 to 23 October 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The theme for the event is ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a renewed push to strengthen trade and investment ties between South Africa and Vietnam, saying deeper cooperation between the two countries is key to building ...

Ms Viola Sawere has over 15 years’ experience in international trade policy, private sector development and multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) ...

George Chikondi Lwanda is a regional programme and policy advisor with the UNDP Africa Centre, a 2018 Asia Global Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the Hong Kong University, and an alum of the Mo ...

Dr. Ify Ogo is a legal economist and trade specialist. Her experience includes working as the UNDP Regional Coordination Specialist on the AfCFTA, as well as Trade Policy Expert at the African Trade ...

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 ...

South Africa-US trade faces uncertain future as Agoa renewal stalls (The Mail & With the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) having expired on 30 September 2025, the uncertainty over its renewal ...