Tag: Business regulation
Empowering SMEs to participate in local supply chains
10 Aug 15 NewsThe COMESA Business Council (CBC) working with the private sector has launched a technical capacity strengthening project to empower Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in standards and...
Increasing support to SMEs will ensure sustainable economic devt
30 Jul 15 NewsFor any economy that wants to achieve sustainable growth, policy formulation must put support to Small-and-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as a central component of any sector strategy. ...
PwC roots for SMEs role in African trade
21 Jul 15 NewsThe recently signed African Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement should incorporate financial co-operatives if its impact is to trickle down to the small sectors of the econ...
Competing smarter: Assessing the report from the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
22 Apr 15 NewsOne positive outcome of last year’s U.S.-African Leaders Summit was the creation of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (DBIA), whose purpose is to mak...
Suitable Mechanisms for Negotiating Trade in Services and Movement of Business Persons in the Continental Free Trade Area
01 Apr 15 PublicationsThe purpose of trade agreements is to promote international trade. Preferential trade agreements on services or Economic Integration Agreements (EIAs) as they are defined in Articl...
tralac is a 2014 Finalist – Cape Chamber of Commerce Western Cape Exporter of the Year
23 Oct 14 NewsWe are pleased to inform you that tralac is a Cape Chamber of Commerce Western Cape Exporter of the Year 2014 finalist.
Exporter of the Year 2014
The Cape Chamber of Commerce W...
South Africa’s new immigration policies: Attracting skills and investors and securing visas
23 Jul 14 DiscussionJB Cronjé, tralac Researcher, comments on the recent overhaul of South Africa’s immigration regulations
On 16 May 2014, as part of a complete overhaul of its immigration p...
Reflections on the recent World Bank ‘Doing Business 2014: Southern African Development Community (SADC)’ report
11 Jun 14 DiscussionGavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses the key findings of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 regional report on SADC
The World Bank ‘Doing Business 2014: Sou...
Negotiations on movement of business persons in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite region
20 Feb 14 PublicationsThe Communiqué of the first COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government held in October 2008 provides, in the area of trade, customs and economic integratio...
SMEs: Key players in regional integration
17 Feb 14 NewsThe push towards regional integration in eastern and southern Africa depends on a number of factors. One important factor is ensuring that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are f...
A brief overview of intra-African trade in east and southern Africa: Kenya, Zambia and Uganda
22 May 13 PublicationsThe historically low levels of intra-African trade have made Africa vulnerable to external economic shocks and have fostered a dependency on the rest of the world. As a result of t...
Tripartite Agribusiness Opportunities for South Africa
01 Mar 11 Publicationstralac has been collaborating with the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) in South Africa during the past year on a project which focuses on the proposed Tripartite Fre...
tralac prepares for the Soccer World Cup
08 Jun 10 EventAs tralac contemplates trade-related issues associated with the first Soccer World Cup on African soil, we realise that a services agenda for African countries focuses al...