Tag: AfCFTA

South Africa celebrates first AfCFTA export to Ghana amidst global trade disruptions (Bizcommunity) The opportunities the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement cr...

The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was signed at the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the AU Assembly on 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. The A...

The African Union does not pursue a two-track approach on African integration. Despite the differences in emphasis, levels of ambition and timeframes, both the AFCFTA Agreement and...

The Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a document intended to define the environment for digital trade between membe...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade (the ‘Protocol’) aims to enhance the involvement of women and youth within the AfCFTA. It ...

Making Trade Work for Africa’s Sustainable Development: The case of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) tralac, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, ...

SA Canegrowers maintains sugar tax increase will destroy jobs (Engineering News) Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on February 21, industry body the Sou...

tralac is pleased to present the 2024 Certificate Course – International Trade Law and Policy for Africa’s Development: Case study of the AfCFTA. The course consists of three m...

Background Trade agreements are treaties of a specific kind; they regulate cross-border trade between two or more nations. These agreements establish trade-related rights and obli...

One of the important protocols forming part of the set of agreements within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’). Thi...

The first consignments of exports from South Africa under the AfCFTA Guided trade Initiative (GTI) left the port of Durban on 31 January 2024. In this webinar, we’ll provide an u...

Apart from Annexes dealing with customs administration and border governance issues, the AfCFTA Agreement does not mention infrastructural development explicitly as one of its obje...

Upcoming events: 37th African Union Summit Theme of the year: “Africa fit for the 21st century: building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, qual...

On 8 February, the foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened to address the potential loss of three member states. At the end of January ...

It’s time for Africa! (SAnews) The official launch of South Africa’s first shipment and preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on 31 ...

On 7 February, tralac presented to the diplomatic community as part of a “Regional Roundtable” discussion. The implication’s of South Africa’s decision to take Israel to th...

On 6 February, tralac and Exporters Western Cape, along with over 120 members of the private sector, met at the Two Oceans Aquarium for a private sector roundtable discussion. The ...

Transnet says rail volumes recovered slightly in the last quarter of 2023 (Engineering News) Transnet says it has witnessed signs of recovery on the North Corridor, which was able...

DMRE to remodel draft IRP 2023 in light of new information, curtailment plans (Engineering News) Many of the submissions the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has ...

SA sends first shipment under AfCFTA agreement (SAnews) The implementation of the preferential trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has become a reality ...