Tag: Business regulation

The new realities of the global trading system and improved services trade has made logistics and other trade facilitation measures increasingly important in regional and integrati...

The development of rules-based governance for regional trade and integration in Africa has become an important focus area for tralac. Trade agreements, accompanied by the necessary...

The African Union is rapidly increasing its partnerships with global regional and leading country partners, while simultaneously developing and promoting strategic sector plans for...

JB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the WTO’s recently-published World Trade Report 2016, subtitled ‘Levelling the trading field for SMEs’ The 2016 World Trade Report...

COMESA’s Intergovernmental Committee starts Policy Week proceedings (COMESA) The Intergovernmental Committee that brings together Permanent/Principal Secretaries was the first t...

Reduced trade barriers, improved transportation links, information technology and the emergence of global value chains give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the potential ...

On 24 August 2016, during the inaugural SADC Industrialisation Week, held in Swaziland, over 200 private sector representatives from across the region gathered for the Second Annua...

G20 Leaders welcome launch of platform on inclusive business Leaders at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China emphasized the need for sustainable and inclusive growth, and welcomed th...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya are entering a new era as financial institutions heighten the scramble for this lucrative sector with all manner of tactics and j...

Early this year, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) unveiled a new project seeking to link local producers with buyers across the country and the region. T...

On 29 June, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews, on behalf of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, attended the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Afr...

ITC publication explores transformative effect of e-commerce sets out challenges and opportunities for SMEs E-commerce across borders is transforming the business world in develop...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed a new World Trade Organization (WTO) report which examines the urgent need to address the trade finance gap for small- and ...

This document details the scope and the main elements of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Republic of Botswana for FY16-20. The previous Country Partnership Strate...

Preamble We, the private sector of the East African Community, have developed this Code of Conduct for Business in the East African Community together with its Rules & Procedu...

The involvement of Kenyan banks in the SME segment has grown remarkably over the last few years and most banks intend to continue expanding their SME portfolio in the near future. ...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission has released the results from its 2015 Global Survey on trade finance – highlighting the impact of the trade financ...

Business Call to Action sees strong increases in membership, commitments to improve lives and livelihoods for world’s poor people From small social entrepreneurships to large na...

With support from the World Bank Group, 17 African countries, members of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), adopted a Unified Insolvency...

This Trade Brief argues that the private sector has a vital stake in the effective and lawful implementation of regional trade agreements such as the SADC Protocol on Trade. It set...