Tag: Value Chains

Coming Soon: Online Platform for Trade in Services (COMESA) COMESA will soon launch an Online Platform for Trade in Services that will be used to facilitate speedy and efficient n...

Infrastructure is key to SA’s development (SAnews) Improving government’s performance as a contributor to the construction sector is key to unlocking the country’s econ...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has ignited and put emphasis on deeper integration and the development of regional value chains in Africa, an...

ECA Support to Equatorial Guinea for the Development of a National AfCFTA Strategy (UNECA) Malabo, 13 February 2023 (ECA) -  the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa...

Intervention urgent to resolve rail, port problems, says Business Leadership South Africa (Engineering News) Urgent intervention is required to resolve the problems of South Afric...

Regional Value Chains (RVCs) – a localised form of a global value chain (GVC) – are a form of trade that involves a chain of intermediate products and services value addition f...

This trade brief provides a snapshot of Algeria, Egypt, and Mauritania’s trade globally and within Africa (intra-Africa trade). For each country, a short summary of its membershi...

The ways in which developing countries industrialised post the industrial revolution have drawn attention from scholars for decades. The ‘Asian tigers’ are a group of South-Eas...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION This Trade Report analyses one of the value chains identified as a development priority by the AfCFTA: the clothing, textile & leather sector (CT&L) i...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION This Trade Report analyses one of the value chains identified as a development priority by the AfCFTA: the broadly-defined agricultural/agro-processing/agribu...

A Customs bill of entry and the bill of lading (BOL) are among the critical and determinant documents that are used in the clearance of cargo and services that are internationally ...

Local news Port concession saves Nigeria over $1.6bn in 16 years, says Haastrup (The Guardian Nigeria) Chairman of the Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), ...

 

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...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The textile, apparel and accessories (TA&A) industry, as well as the footwear industry, hold considerable potential for Africa in terms of economic advanc...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The AfCFTA Secretariat, in a recent report entitled The Futures Report 2021: Which Value Chains for a Made in Africa Revolution, identified certain indus...

DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The AfCFTA Secretariat, in a recent report entitled The Futures Report 2021: Which Value Chains for a Made in Africa Revolution, identified certain industrial...

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...