Tag: Digital economy

Agri SA reiterates warning of food shortages, price spikes as loadshedding continues (Engineering News) Industry body Agri SA has implored President Cyril Ramaphosa to addres...

Government Support Will Help Transform Poultry Industry, Ensure Food Security (The Department of Trade Industry and Competition) The support that government provides to black-owne...

The ways in which developing countries industrialised post the industrial revolution have drawn attention from scholars for decades. The ‘Asian tigers’ are a group of South-Eas...

Digital trade and digitally enabled transactions of trade in goods and services have been increasing globally. In Kenya, the growth of digital trade and digitally enabled transacti...

A Customs bill of entry and the bill of lading (BOL) are among the critical and determinant documents that are used in the clearance of cargo and services that are internationally ...

Digital financial services (DFS) are any financial services that are available digitally and they include payments, savings, credit transfers and insurance. They are procured throu...

Local news South African cement industry to approach Itac for general tariff protection (Engineering News) Cement and Concrete South Africa (CCSA) is preparing an application for...

Local news R4-trillion needed for South Africa’s hydrogen economy, PIC declares (Engineering News) South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) stated on Mo...

Local news Digitalisation to make manufacturing supply chains more resilient (Engineering News) The digitalisation of supply chains will make them more transparent and challenges...

COP27 updates COP27 draft leaves out pledge to phase down all fossil fuels (Engineering News) Countries negotiating at the climate summit in Egypt are on track to reject calls fo...

Local news Climate Resilience Development Pathways approach seen as key to building climate-ready infrastructure (Engineering News) The efficacy of South Africa’s climate ...

Local trade news Exports a way to create jobs in South Africa (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the export of South African products to markets in other countries has a las...

Local news Brand SA to host the 6th Annual Nation Brand Forum aimed at rebuilding the economy (BizNews) This year’s Nation Brand Forum will be held from the 4th to 6th of Octob...

Local news Big changes proposed for carbon tax in South Africa (BusinessTech) The Energy Council of South Africa, alongside other big business figureheads, have put forward recom...

Local news Duty-free African imports put SA coatings sector at risk, claims Sapma (Moneyweb) South Africa’s coatings sector has warned the government that its future existence ...

Local news Local manufacturing key component to growing economy (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa says expanding local production and manufacturing is pivotal to creating more o...

Local news South Africa halts orange exports to EU over fungal disease (Reuters) South Africa, one of the world’s biggest citrus exporters, will voluntarily stop shipments of v...

Local news EU warns SA scrap export ban may contravene WTO obligations (Fin24) The European Union has raised concerns over Minister Ebrahim Patel’s plans to ban the export...

What do practitioners and traders need to know and what can be done to make them work for trade facilitation? Customs administrations advance and implement cohesive sets of polici...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is in the process of taking shape. While continental free trade has not yet been fully realised, progress has been made in the numb...