Tag: Digital economy

South Africa aims to set up three JET-aligned skills development zones (Engineering News) Three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and gr...

Kenya second-hand clothes imports from China rise 86pc (The East African) The quantity of second-hand clothes imported from China, which is Kenya’s main source of the popular lo...

South Africa seeks to secure global plastics pollution treaty by balancing competing interests (Engineering News) South Africa will seek to secure a legally binding global plastic...

2024-2029 Development priorities for Zambia: Infrastructure and Agricultural Value Chain (AfDB) The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Count...

TPT outlines actions to support 15% growth in citrus exports during 2024 season (Engineering News) Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reports that it has recruited 200 additional cargo...

BLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing assumptions as ‘spurious’ (Engineering News) Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest d...

Full Quarterly Bulletin - No 311 (South African Reserve Bank) The real gross value added (GVA) by the primary sector contracted further in the fourth quarter of 2023 due to a furt...

Chicken industry needs no tariff rebates because there is no shortage, Sapa stresses (Engineering News) Executives from the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) met with Trade...

Protectionism and shipping disruptions threaten agri trade (Farmer’s Weekly) Solid business partnerships will become increasingly important to navigate market threats, according...

$10-billion Namibian green hydrogen project receives major German boost (Engineering News) Namibia’s first gigawatt scale green hydrogen project – the $10-billion Hyphen devel...

MSC South Africa Inaugurates MEDLOG Cold Store Facility, revolutionizing trade dynamics in the region (FreshPlaza) The MSC Group operates various entities including Mediterranean ...

Innovative businesses gain more access to global markets, study finds (SAnews) Innovation-active South African businesses have more skilled labour and greater access to the global...

Workshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews) South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...

Settling on funding solutions for expedited grid infrastructure set as a Just Energy Transition Investment Plan priority (Engineering News) Finalising funding solutions for the ex...

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...

Premium car market outlook murky as South Africans continue to hunt for Asian bargains (Engineering News) The South African new-car market has been shifting steadily over the last...

Economic growth to stay low over the next three years (SAnews) South Africa’s economy is expected to grow at some 1.6% over the next three years, with real Gross Domestic Produc...

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...

Vegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi) While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...

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...