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Facilitator: John Stuart, tralac Associate The deluge of data generated by online activities and activities involving devices and the internet of things (IOT) has led to the growt...

Towards the socioeconomic transformation of Africa through job creation – the role of the social partners The 6th African Social Partners’ Summit took place on 25-26 Febr...

Thinking afresh about Industrialisation and Industrial Policy for Africa tralac hosted a Workshop on 20 and 21 January 2020 to stimulate a fresh debate (and ask relevant and urgen...

tralac hosted its 2019 Alumni Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya on 5 and 6 December. The participants were alumni of tralac’s training programmes, including the post-graduate diplo...

The Trade Law Centre (tralac) builds capacity for Africa to trade better. To this end, tralac offers training programmes, does analysis of trade and integration developments and su...

tralac participated in the African Union’s African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Trade in Services Signalling Conference, 2-3 September 2019 The Conference, supported by ...

On 25 July, tralac and USAID hosted a workshop on trade facilitation in southern Africa. Participants were from civil society, government and the private sector. Discussions were ...

tralac hosted its first Short Course on Understanding International Trade Agreements: Examining the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from 22 to 24 July 2019. The cours...

tralac’s inaugural Women in Trade Governance development programme residential took place in Cape Town this week. Twelve future leaders in trade governance gathered to network, l...

tralac, with the financial support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, hosted a policy workshop on e-commerce, trade and the digital economy. The overarching...

The AfCFTA: From Dream to Reality With the launch of the AfCFTA in Niamey on July 7, Sidley Austin’s Pro bono program and Trade Law Centre (tralac) co-organised a breakfast...

The African Union Commission (AUC), in partnership with the ECOWAS Commission and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), organized a Capacity Building Wor...

The 2019 tralac Annual Conference was held on 21-22 March in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme ‘Africa’s integration Agenda – From Aspirations to Pragmatic Implementation.’ F...

Applied Data Science for Trade This five-day introductory data science course will provide participants with the complete picture of how to use cutting edge technology to acq...

tralac launched its ‘Women in Trade Governance Network’ (subsequently renamed ‘SheGovernsTrade’) during its 2019 Annual Conference in Nairobi. The WiTG targets female profe...

While in Nairobi for the 2019 Annual Conference, tralac and the Export Promotion Council co-hosted a workshop on 20 March 2019 in Nairobi on current and emerging trade issues for K...

Africa’s Integration Agenda – from Aspirations to Pragmatic Implementation tralac’s Annual Conference was held in Nairobi on 21-22 March 2019. More than 100 policymakers, tr...

tralac hosted a two-day workshop in Cape Town in early November 2018 to discuss the future of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest customs union in the world. ...

Why the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)? What are the modalities for tariff reductions, rules of origin and services sectors? Where will the real regional action be? ...

Reporting on trade and integration matters for Africa: a training course for journalists The Trade Law Centre (tralac) builds capacity for Africa to trade better. To this end, tra...