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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...

South Africa Seeks to Halt Used Rail Track Exports to Curb Theft (Bloomberg) South Africa’s trade minister proposed new regulations to prohibit the export of used rail tracks an...

SA’s manufacturing sector and the golden opportunities for SMEs (Bizcommunity) South Africa’s manufacturing sector is one of several areas of interest, identified in the Natio...

R78.9m disbursed to citrus growers under the economic transformation programme (Engineering News) Over the past three years, more than R161.3-million in funding has been approved ...

Duty-free maize imports plan flops on costly supplies (Business Daily) Kenya’s plan to import about 900,000 tonnes of white maize by next month has run into headwinds on costly ...

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

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Kingdom of Lesotho Lesotho’s economy continues to face a number of challenges in the wake of the pandemic. Climat...

South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for platinum (Engineering News) South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its “incredible” platinum group m...

Tunisia on July 17 exported its first shipment of resin to Cameroon under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), announced the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX). Customs ...

South Africa needs to embrace more 4IR technology or fall behind (Engineering News) Professional services and auditing firm PwC says that South Africa’s competitors are all adop...

Transnet container terminals remain optimistic of strong citrus season finish (Engineering News) Average year-on-year comparisons of citrus handling volumes show a 9.2% volume inc...

UK-SA Tech Hub renews funding for South African startups group (Engineering News) The UK-SA Tech Hub, an initiative of the British High Commission (Embassy) in South Africa, has a...

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...

South Africa: SARS’s Authorised Economic Operators Programme (Global Compliance News) Today’s global economy demands that businesses expand beyond borders, but they face hurdl...

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 ...

Inaugural EU-Rwanda Business Forum attracts over 600 participants during two days of exploring trade and investment opportunities (European Union) Over 100 business leaders from t...

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,...

TNPA publishes Port Development Framework Plans outlining R13bn of investments (Engineering News) The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has published Port Development Frame...