The master mariner maintained that Nigeria’s maritime industry must move quickly from policy announcements to visible results on the quayside, or watch contestable cargo drift to rival West African ...

South Africa turns to China and India as US trade tensions threaten exports and jobs (African Insider) South Africa is seeking to expand trade with China and India as deteriorating relations with the ...

South Africa will try to move global climate commitments to implementation during COP31 (Engineering News) South Africa remains committed to the Paris Agreement and multilateral climate change ...

China Opens Door to South African Cherries as U.S. Trade Relations Sour South African cherry farmer Gert Eastes has spent 12 years preparing to break into China. Now, with Beijing ...

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...

Paulina Mbala Elago is a Namibian National with over 20 years of professional experience in international trade, primarily trade policy, regional integration, trade facilitation, investment ...

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 ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...

Michael Lawrence is an Executive Director of The National Clothing Retail Federation (NCRF) as well as M&M Consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Cape Town (with ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is flagship project of the African Union’s ...

Anathi Mlungwana is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in fostering long-term business relationships and driving business growth. Her skills and experience gained across multiple ...

pdf Optimizing the implementation in Central Africa of the AfCFTA Agreement: Lessons from the GTI (ECA, 2025)(3.26 MB) pdf Assessing Regional Integration in Africa ARIA XI (UNECA and AUC, 2025)(9.29 ...