Tag: Intellectual property - tralac trade law centre

The proposed AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights

17 May 19 Blog

The AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) will be negotiated during Phase II. The draft legal text has to be submitted to the January 2021 Session of the AU Assembl...

Where to for Africa’s Silicon Valley?

27 Nov 18 Blog

Approximately a year ago, tralac published a working paper that overviewed South Africa’s software development industry cluster in the Western Cape Province[1]. The Western Cape ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

12 Sep 18 News

PIDA Week 2018: Realising Africa’s integration through smart infrastructure and good governance (Nepad) The 2018 PIDA Week (29 October – 2 November, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

27 Aug 18 News

Underway, in Arusha: Meeting of EAC-SACU technical officials on an exchange of tariff offers Starting today, in Nairobi: EAC meeting to develop a harmonised framewo...

Response to IIPA comments to USTR regarding South Africa’s Copyright Amendments Bill and AGOA eligibility

27 Aug 18 News

IIPA claims that South Africa’s copyright reform bill would make the country ineligible for AGOA benefits The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is conducting its annual ...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

06 Aug 18 News

The 5th COMESA Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi: download the programme (pdf) The annual meetings of the African Caucus for the World Bank and the International Moneta...

8th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Communiqué

05 Jul 18 News

Joint Communiqué The 8th BRICS Trade Ministers met on 5 July 2018 in Magaliesburg, South Africa under the chairmanship of Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry ...

COMESA searching for solutions to transform and sustain competitive businesses

19 Jun 18 News

The COMESA-Connect Industry Dialogue set for June 21st to 22nd, in Kigali, will bring together high level technical expertise from the public and private sector to provide common s...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

07 May 18 News

The two-day Ministerial Session of the EAC Council starts today in Arusha. The meeting will, inter alia, consider the Status of Implementation of the EAC Brand Architecture Strateg...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

02 May 18 News

A New Times interview with Donald Kaberuka: Reforming the AU is not a choice of the few, but an imperative for all A reposting, from tralac: The consolidated draft text of the AfC...

Why Africa should not ignore what happened in Buenos Aires

15 Feb 18 Publications

The 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Buenos Aires in December 2017, was a disappointment. It has been described in The Economist as “the...

Global civil society reactions to end of WTO Ministerial Conference

14 Dec 17 News

The World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Buenos Aires concluded without a formal statement, reflecting the deep divide between poorer countries who have demande...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

07 Dec 17 News

In Harare today: Finance and Economic Planning minister Patrick Chinamasa presented the first budget in the post-Robert Mugabe era. Previews from NewsDay, Bloomberg. Access the ful...

1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified

29 Nov 17 News

WHO urges governments to take action An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new res...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

21 Nov 17 News

Concluding today, in Kampala: CII-Exim Bank conclave on India-East Africa trade and investment. Launched at the conclave: India’s investments in select East African countries –...

Branding and other intangibles account for 30 percent of product value – UN report

21 Nov 17 News

Intangible capital, such as branding, design and technology, is increasingly determining success in the marketplace, as nearly one third of the value of manufactured products comes...

tralac’s Daily News Selection

13 Oct 17 News

Updated World Bank macro poverty outlook reports: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe AU’s STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning ...

Intellectual Property Seminar – Cape Town, 6 September 2017

20 Sep 17 Event

On 6th September 2017, the Trade Law Centre (tralac), in collaboration with Zelna Jansen Consultancy (tralac alumna), hosted an intellectual property (IP) seminar in Cape Town, Sou...

7th Meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers: Annexes to the Joint Statement

23 Aug 17 News

The 7th meeting of BRICS Trade Ministers under the Chinese presidency was held in Shanghai on 1-2 August 2017. The Ministers reviewed the progress made in BRICS economic, trad...

7th Meeting of the BRICS Trade Ministers: Joint Statement

23 Aug 17 News

The seventh meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Trade was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 1-2 August 2017. The establishment of the BRICS e-port network, e-co...