Tag: Digital economy

‘The world is not waiting for us’ on digital technology – Minister Gungubele (News24) South Africa will become an irrelevant trading partner if the country does not keep up ...

South Africa to Face Pressure from Trade Partners to Ditch Coal (Supply Chain Brain) South Africa must accelerate its transition to renewable energy to avoid export penalties bei...

Africa Climate Summit Outcome document The African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action - 6 September 2023   Africa Climate Summit ends with ca...

South Africa still mulling design for sustainable automotive industry (Engineering News) South Africa’s automotive manufacturing sector is widely regarded as a success story; ho...

Global demand for coal is bringing mayhem to South African towns (Engineering News) An often impenetrable logjam of trucks laden with coal at South Africa’s crossing with Mozamb...

Trade statistics for June 2023 (South African Revenue Service) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance deficit of R3.5 billion in June 2023. This deficit is attributable...

Somalia’s Institutions get a Boost to Help Bring the Country Closer to Debt Relief (World Bank) Somalia's efforts toward building strong institutions received a boost with a new...

Demand aggregation, pricing clarity, standardisation needed to drive hydrogen infrastructure investment (Engineering News) Infrastructure is needed to enable the global energy tra...

Court reaffirms non-compliant imported goods not allowed to enter SA (SAnews) The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has welcomed the decision by the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria,...

Mpumalanga Businesspeople Confident African Continental Free Trade Agreement will Improve Ease of Doing Business (Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) The Mpumalanga bus...

Nigeria Finance Act 2023: Increased taxes and import levy aim to boost revenue (Nairametrics) The Finance Bill 2023 which was signed into law on 28 May 2023 by former President, M...

Rising global demand for South African vegetables (FreshPlaza) The National Agricultural Marketing Council hosted a workshop on South Africa’s fresh produce chain today in which...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with South Africa South Africa’s strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is petering out. Growth moderated...

South Africa: African Continental Free Trade Area Awareness Workshop Goes to Gauteng (The Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition) The Department of Trade, Industry, a...

Eswatini Air flights boost tourism, trade ties with SA (CAJ News Africa) THE resumption of flights by Eswatini Air to South Africa is anticipated to boost trade between the two co...

Trade statistics for April 2023 (South African Revenue Service) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R3.5 billion in April 2023. This surplus is attributab...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Eswatini (ZAWYA) Eswatini has shown resilience to multiple economic shocks...

The digitalisation of the economy requires new ways of thinking about competition, intellectual property, taxation, industrial policy, privacy, cyber security, the labour market, i...

SA Committed to Speedily Finalising Electric Vehicle Policy – Deputy Minister Gina (the dtic) The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ms Nomalungelo Gina sa...

National Development Agency signs Development Cooperation Agreement with German Cooperative Raiffeisen Confederation (South African Government) South Africa is the latest Southern...