Tag: Climate change

South Africa mulls Dutch, Danish entry to $8.5bn climate pact (Engineering News) South Africa’s Cabinet will consider a proposal on whether to include the Netherlands and Denmar...

Kenya Country Economic Memorandum: Seizing Kenya’s Services Momentum (World Bank) The latest Kenya Country Economic Memorandum – Seizing Kenya’s Services Momentum, anal...

South Africa Wants to Hand Operation of Rail, Ports to Business After $27 Billion Loss (Bloomberg BNN0 The South African presidency has a plan to reverse the collapse of a state-r...

Bleak outlook for third-quarter economic growth in South Africa (Engineering News) September reflected another month of weakened economic activity in South Africa, indicating blea...

New Border Management Authority a boost for SA’s security and development (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to the nation to highlight the import...

Energy transition has potential to dramatically increase demand for steel (Engineering News) With local electricity grid constraints becoming more prevalent and given the global e...

President Cyril Ramaphosa: Launch of the Border Management Authority (South African Government) When our country’s ports of entry and borders are well-protected and well-managed...

A slice of opportunity: Benin joins China’s fruit export market (Ventures Africa) The recent visit of Benin’s President Talon to China did not hit many international headlines...

Mombasa harbour customers cry foul over ‘illegal’ levies (The East African) Mombasa port users are worried that rampant flouting of maritime regulations by some shipping lines...

Forex shortage challenging intra-Africa trade (Engineering News) Intra-country trade across Africa is stuttering as businesses struggle to find the foreign currency, most notably ...

DOWNLOAD BLOG The inaugural Africa Climate Summit, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, concluded on the 6th September. The summit was, by design, centred around climate finance. Its resound...

US-South Africa hold trade, investment dialogue to deepen bilateral business ties (Engineering News) The US-South Africa Trade and Investment Executive Dialogue on September 18 bu...

Agri SA warns govt’s interference amid food price dilemma could have detrimental long-term effects (Engineering News) Industry body Agri SA has warned that government interferen...

SA eyes growing trade, exporting coal to Vietnam (SAnews) South Africa is looking forward to broadening existing bilateral trade with Vietnam, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile...

SA economy demonstrates resilience through multiple gains (SAnews) Despite the prevailing difficult global economic conditions, South Africa’s economy continues to demonstrate i...

SA agricultural exports amounted to $3.4bn in second quarter (IOL) South Africa’s agricultural exports amounted to $3.4 billion (R64bn) in the second quarter of this year, up by...

‘The world is not waiting for us’ on digital technology – Minister Gungubele (News24) South Africa will become an irrelevant trading partner if the country does not keep up ...

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...

Background Climate change and global warming pose significant risks to the global community. Its effects are felt in the physical environment in the form of increasing droughts, f...

South Africa to Face Pressure from Trade Partners to Ditch Coal (Supply Chain Brain) South Africa must accelerate its transition to renewable energy to avoid export penalties bei...