Tag: EAC

South Africa’s logistics crisis: lion’s share of economy at risk (Freight News) Sixty per cent of South Africa’s economy is at risk because of the “high inefficiencies and...

President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Port of Richards Bay (South African Government) President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday, 23 November 2023, visited the Port of Richards Bay to asses...

Kenya has vast growth potential in aviation and technology (The Standard) The air transport industry in Africa is on the resurgence, and aviation is definitely the next infrastruc...

South Africa: Major Crisis at South Africa’s Ports (allAfrica) Delays in container offloading at Durban port, Richards Bay port and Cape Town port is once again highlighting the...

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...

Uganda-South Africa trade summit discusses value addition (The Independent Uganda) Day one of the Uganda-South Africa Trade and Investment Summit organized by the Government of Ug...

SARS records R16 billion trade boost for South Africa (BusinessTech) South Africa saw a preliminary trade balance surplus of R16.0 billion in July 2023, data from the South Africa...

For 2022, the value of Kenya’s intra-African merchandise trade totalled US$5.3 billion, accounting for 19% of Kenya’s total merchandise trade. Kenya’s intra-African merchandi...

Sustaining existing trade partnerships and finding new markets is imperative for SA agriculture (Bizcommunity) South Africa is in the enviable position of being a net exporter of ...

South Africa foreign policy in a tangle (CAJ News Africa) This year will go down the annals of history as one in which the southern African nation faced the greatest dilemma in ju...

BRICS: SA-China trade is nothing unfair, says SA Chamber of Commerce (IOL) South Africa should improve its industrialisation and manufacturing capacity in a bid to balance the tra...

South Africa taking an average of 25 months to complete tariff investigations, report shows (Engineering News) It is currently taking an average of 25 months for government to com...

Economists see South Africa averting second-quarter contraction (Engineering News) South Africa’s economy probably avoided a contraction in the second quarter, despite record po...

South Africa’s manufacturing improved in June 2023 (IG) The manufacturing sector has demonstrated an impressive performance in June 2023, showing a 5.5% increase in production (...

Agro-processing Master Plan will help SA sow AfCFTA benefits (IOL) Targeted Spatial Agricultural development in South Africa: operationalising the Agriculture and Agroprocessing M...

South Africa: Trade balance dipped unexpectedly in June (The Citizen) South Africa’s merchandise trade balance unexpectedly dipped in June, with the value of the country’s exp...

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...

Exports surge to N$43 billion in five months (The Namibian) During the first five months of 2023, Namibia experienced a remarkable surge in exports, reaching an impressive va...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Unveils Remarkable Benefits for South Africa (the dtic) The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has emerged as a gam...

South Africa’s agricultural sector recorded significant decline in the first quarter (Engineering News) The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted, in a ...