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Building capacity to help Africa trade better

Tag: Technology

tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

22 Sep 23  News
Prince William unveils South Africa’s Abalobi as finalist for Earthshot Prize (Engineering News) South African community fish catch recording technology company Abalobi has been...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

15 Sep 23  News
SA eyes growing trade, exporting coal to Vietnam (SAnews) South Africa is looking forward to broadening existing bilateral trade with Vietnam, says Deputy President Paul Mashatile...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

22 Aug 23  News
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 ...
Customs Administration and the Role of Disruptive Technologies in facilitating cross-border trade in Africa

Customs Administration and the Role of Disruptive Technologies in facilitating cross-border trade in Africa

31 Aug 22  Publications
What do practitioners and traders need to know and what can be done to make them work for trade facilitation? Customs administrations advance and implement cohesive sets of polici...
Trade in the Digital Economy: A tralac guide

Trade in the Digital Economy: A tralac guide

14 Jul 22  Publications
The digitalisation of the economy requires new ways of thinking about competition, intellectual property, taxation, industrial policy, privacy, cyber security, the labour market, i...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

20 Apr 22  News
Local news South Africa Floods Could Hurt China Trade (Voice of America) Some of the worst flooding in South Africa’s history has left more than 400 people dead and some 4...
Digital Development in Africa – What is Working and What Isn’t

Digital Development in Africa – What is Working and What Isn’t

27 Feb 22  Blog
Download the full blog HERE Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies are a key driver of ‘digital development’ – the extent of integration of a country or reg...
Leveraging Technology to Improve Regulatory Compliance and Trade Efficiency: A Focus on Road Transport

Leveraging Technology to Improve Regulatory Compliance and Trade Efficiency: A Focus on Road Transport

24 Aug 21  Blog
Road transport is an important mode for Africa’s trade, carrying over 90% of intra-regional and regional trade (Afreximbank: 2019). This is likely to continue into the future in ...
The potential role for drones in Africa’s value chains

The potential role for drones in Africa’s value chains

30 Jul 21  Publications
Industrialisation and the emergence of new technologies, such as the Internet, have improved value chain efficiency but also increased the complexity of production linkages. Within...
Leveraging Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Growth

Leveraging Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Growth

14 Jun 21  Blog
The rise of digital technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing, and blockchain technology all stand to significantly impact trade ...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

03 Jun 21  News
National Report shows tax shrunk the sugar industry, says association (Engineering News) A report, commissioned by the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) a...
From Telephones to Smartphones – A look at the Harmonized System: Case study of the Samsung Case

From Telephones to Smartphones – A look at the Harmonized System: Case study of the Samsung Case

01 Jun 21  Publications
The seventh edition of the ‘Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System’ of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) becomes operational on 1 January 2022. Since its incepti...
Realising the One African Services Market through the AfCFTA

Realising the One African Services Market through the AfCFTA

31 May 21  Publications
Start of trade under the preferential terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was announced on 1 January 2021, whilst negotiations to finalise outstanding issues ...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

14 May 21  News
National trade and trade-related news Small South African Businesses Set To Benefit From Import Ban (OkayAfrica) The South African government plans to block certain imports to th...
Addressing a key bottleneck to broadband development in South Africa – spectrum auction falls at first hurdle

Addressing a key bottleneck to broadband development in South Africa – spectrum auction falls at first hurdle

22 Mar 21  Blog
When the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) announced the spectrum auction in September 2020, it was widely hailed as a critical measure to eliminate the ...
Blockchain-Driven Trade Technologies and the Potential Benefits for African Trade

Blockchain-Driven Trade Technologies and the Potential Benefits for African Trade

21 Feb 21  Blog
Just over two years ago, tralac published a blog about the potential of blockchain (also referred to as distributed ledger technologies (DLT)) for trade in Africa[1]. This blog is ...
Tech Disruption in Africa: Assessing the Potential of the Digital Labour Platform Sector

Tech Disruption in Africa: Assessing the Potential of the Digital Labour Platform Sector

22 Nov 20  Publications
Digital labour platforms are applications that run on computers and smart devices and are able to facilitate new online markets for services of diverse types. These platforms disru...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

16 Nov 20  News
National Third chapter of SA investment conference gets underway this week (The South African) President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the third South Africa Investment Conference on...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

02 Nov 20  News
National Trade stats shows domestic recession keeps imports low (Fin24) A recovery in commodity prices and global demand saw SA record a trade surplus of R109.5 billion for the t...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

13 Oct 20  News
National South Africa won’t meet debt targets, president’s council says (Moneyweb) South Africa won’t be able to meet its finance ministry’s debt targets and it may be un...

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