Tag: AfCFTA

Empowering Farmers: Enhancing Zambia’s Horticultural Exports (Trade for Development News) Zambia’s horticultural sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, makin...

Coming Soon: Online Platform for Trade in Services (COMESA) COMESA will soon launch an Online Platform for Trade in Services that will be used to facilitate speedy and efficient n...

The AfCFTA – an opportunity to boost intra-Africa trade The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which is set to be the largest free trade area (FTA) in the world with 5...

Patel highlights challenges faced by South African manufacturers, notes govt efforts (Engineering News) To boost productivity in South Africa, four key business factors need urgen...

More work on regulation codes certification and standards needed for hydrogen economy (Engineering News) If South Africa wants to develop a hydrogen economy, it cannot have a...

Private energy sector participation could improve SA’s growth outlook – IMF (SAnews) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that South Africa’s implementation o...

UK and Kenya hold first-ever Economic Partnership Agreement Council to secure jobs and increase trade (GOV.UK) On Tuesday 21 March, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Investments, ...

RC: How to boost Tanzania’s exports to India (The Citizen) Local exporters have been advised to add value to their products instead of selling them in raw form. Raw exports...

10:00 - 11:30 SAST | 17 March 2023 Focus Phase 1: Tariffs, RoO, Services Commitments Phase 2: Protocol Adoption Phase 3: Preparing for Negotiations Implementation Matters ...

‘EU is putting draconian measures on South African citrus’ (SABC News) The Citrus Growers Association of South Africa has requested Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Pa...

Right from its inception there have been high expectations, here and abroad, about how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would unlock Africa’s potential to increas...

It has been reported that the five member states of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) have recently submitted their joint AfCFTA offer of tariff concessions, and that it me...

South Africa is exporting more food. But it needs to find new growth frontiers (The Conversation) South African agricultural exports were up for the third consecutive year in 2022...

South Africa must prioritise decarbonisation, as $1.5bn of exports to EU are at risk (Engineering News) South Africa should prioritise its decarbonisation strategy, as i...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers significant prospects to improve cross-border trade for the entire continent. However, for this to be achieved, supportive n...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has ignited and put emphasis on deeper integration and the development of regional value chains in Africa, an...

Parliament passes Agricultural Amendment Bill (SAnews) The National Assembly (NA) has passed the Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill and the National Veld and Fores...

Trade, Industry and Competition on Defence Export Council mission to seek export opportunities in Middle East for South African Companies (South African Government) The Chief...

Sugar industry making progress on implementing master plan (Engineering News) The advent of the Sugarcane Master Plan has been a crucial intervention aimed at stabilising the...

Tanzania: Coffee to Trade Under AfCFTA Market From July (All Africa) COFFEE will be the first Tanzania's product to trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ma...