Tag: Logistics

Local news AfreximBank earmarks $100 million to tackle Nigeria’s export challenges (The Guardian Nigeria) The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday, announced...

Transnet’s rail and harbour capacity has been entirely overwhelmed by South Africa’s surging manganese production over the past decade. In 2011, South Africa exported less than...

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

Local news Exclusive: South Africa quitting OACPS (Devex) South Africa has written to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States announcing that it plans to quit t...

Local news Export wait times double in South African strike fallout (Port Technology International) The strike in South Africa is likely to affect the importation of goods critic...

Local news Egypt to participate in launching AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative in Ghana (Ahram Online) Egypt will participate with the largest shipment of products to Ghana within t...

Local news President Ruto flags off Kenya tea to Ghana under AfCFTA trade initiative (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) President Ruto spoke at the Kenyatta International...

Local news South Africa’s trade surplus drops to R7.2 billion (BusinessTech) The South African Revenue Service’s (SARS) trade statistics for August 2022 recorded a preliminar...

Local news EU, Namibia engage in an in-depth discussion on a several topics of shared and common interest (Namibia Economist) The 2022 Session of the EU-Namibia Political Dialogu...

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 South African renewable energy projects reach R4bn financial close (Moneyweb) Renewable energy solutions company African Rainbow Energy and solar technology and engine...

Local news Trade Statistics for July 2022 | South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for July 2022 recording a preli...

Local news Metals, engineering sector bearing the brunt of various economic events (Engineering News) After starting the year off strong, the outlook for the metals and engineeri...

Local news Didiza asked to intervene in blocking of SA vegetables by Botswana, Namibia (News24) The SA government needs to urgently intervene in the unilateral closing of their b...

Local Logistics Performance Index: Nigeria ranks lowest In West Africa — Experts (Tribune Online) The Managing Director/CEO, Analyst Data Service Ltd, Dr Afolabi Olowo-okere, h...

Local news IMF raises South Africa’s growth outlook for 2022, but says global picture tilted to the downside (BusinessTech) The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest glo...

Local news Industry calls for renewal of poultry tariffs (Engineering News) The biggest threat to South Africa’s poultry industry is “unfair trade practices from countries li...

In 2017, neighbouring countries the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia signed a bilateral trade agreement, paving the way for the formation of a joint border post committe...

Surveys indicate that about 70-80 percent of informal traders are women. Women traders face gender based barriers at borders affecting potential for inclusive growth. It has also b...