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31 Mar 2023Daily NewsComing 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...
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30 Mar 2023Daily NewsTechnology Commercialisation is Capable of Driving Economic Transformation (the dtic)
The use of technology commercialisation can contribute to economic transformation throug...
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29 Mar 2023Daily NewsBuying local critical to economic growth - DP Mashatile (SAnews)
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says buying locally made products and supporting the small businesses which p...
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28 Mar 2023Daily NewsPatel highlights challenges faced by South African manufacturers, notes govt efforts (Engineering News)
To boost productivity in South Africa, four key business factors need urgen...
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23 Mar 2023Daily NewsPrivate energy sector participation could improve SA’s growth outlook – IMF (SAnews)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that South Africa’s implementation o...
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21 Mar 2023Daily NewsUK 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, ...
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20 Mar 2023Daily NewsRC: 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...
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16 Mar 2023Daily NewsEswatini trade pact to be extended by five years (Taipei Times)
President Tsai Ing-wen and Eswatini Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini agreed to extend a bilateral economic...
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15 Mar 2023Daily NewsEgypt’s trade deficit plunges 54% YoY in December 2022: CAPMAS (ZAWYA)
Egypt’s trade balance deficit dropped by 54% year on year (YoY) to $1.93 billion in December 2022, ...
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14 Mar 2023Daily News‘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...
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13 Mar 2023Daily NewsSA tyre manufacturers potentially exposed to dumping from China (The Citizen)
Anti-dumping duties against Chinese exporters of car, bus and lorry tyres to South Africa have e...
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10 Mar 2023Daily NewsIMF Staff Completes 2023 Article IV Mission to Eswatini (IMF)
“Eswatini’s economy was comparatively resilient through the pandemic. Following a strong rebound of 7.9 perc...
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09 Mar 2023Daily NewsProvisional duties on imported tyres from China expire, but Itac investigation continues (Engineering News)
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa ...
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07 Mar 2023Daily NewsStainless steel sector well-positioned to supply African markets, despite loadshedding challenge (Engineering News)
The biggest hurdle stainless steel production and fabricat...
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06 Mar 2023Daily NewsSouth 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...
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03 Mar 2023Daily NewsSouth 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...
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02 Mar 2023Daily NewsInternational Trade Centre Launches Toam in Seychelles for Facilitating Trade (All Africa)
Seychelles' private sector can now report the obstacles and challenges it encounters thr...
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01 Mar 2023Daily NewsSouth Africa swings into a R23 billion trade deficit (Business Tech)
South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance deficit of R23.05 billion in January 2023.
Despite rec...
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27 Feb 2023Daily NewsInfrastructure is key to SA’s development (SAnews)
Improving government’s performance as a contributor to the construction sector is key to unlocking the country’s econ...
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24 Feb 2023Daily NewsUganda - South Africa Investment Summit opens next week in South Africa (Monitor)
The Ugandan business community has been flagged off in preparation for the South Africa Trade Inv...
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