Tag: African Union

TPT outlines actions to support 15% growth in citrus exports during 2024 season (Engineering News) Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reports that it has recruited 200 additional cargo...

Competition Commission to tackle economic concentration by large companies, Ramaphosa promises (Engineering News) Government will be setting a target for the Competition Commissio...

Workshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews) South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...

The negotiations to adopt the legal instruments of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) were launched in 2015. Four years later the AfCFTA founding Agreement and its Pr...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is anchored in a comprehensive set of legal instruments. They have been negotiated, adopted, and ratified to ensure that the foundi...

African economic integration has a long history. Both the African Union (AU) and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was Africa’s first post-independe...

The African Union does not pursue a two-track approach on African integration. Despite the differences in emphasis, levels of ambition and timeframes, both the AFCFTA Agreement and...

Premium car market outlook murky as South Africans continue to hunt for Asian bargains (Engineering News) The South African new-car market has been shifting steadily over the last...

Making Trade Work for Africa’s Sustainable Development: The case of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) tralac, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, ...

Economic growth to stay low over the next three years (SAnews) South Africa’s economy is expected to grow at some 1.6% over the next three years, with real Gross Domestic Produc...

SA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News) Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...

South Africa: Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments (Engineering News) While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spendin...

Vegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi) While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...

Climate Action Key to Kenya’s Upper-Middle-Income Country Aspirations (World Bank) Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. With...

South Africa mulls trade options as bird flu hits poultry supply (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government is assessing trade measures and the possibility of vaccination to ease sho...

SA agriculture grows sector at international show (Freight News) South Africa is participating in the sixth International Exhibition of Agriculture and Animal Resources being held...

Kenya targets China imports in new tax evasion crackdown (The East African) Chinese imports are set for tighter scrutiny as President William Ruto’s government intensifies a pur...

SA losing $62bn a year due to illicit financial flows (Moneyweb) South Africa is losing more than $62 billion a year because of illicit financial flows (IFFs), which could be used...

According to Article 23 of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), entry into force occurs 30 days after the 22nd instrument of ratificati...