Privatisation of ports in Africa turns them into competitive trade engines – study (Engineering News) Privatisation has redefined African port operations, with major hubs like Tema, in Ghana, Abidjan, ...

SA’s coal dependency puts economy at risk (New Era) South Africa’s coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries and com ...

The purpose of the evaluation is to review and assess the effectiveness of Sweden’s support to tralac, in terms of the standard evaluation criteria of OECD/DAC to determine its relevance, ...

Gerhard Erasmus is a founder of tralac and Professor Emeritus of the Law Faculty at the University of Stellenbosch. He holds degrees from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (B.Iuris, LL.B) ...

According to Article 23 of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), entry into force occurs 30 days after the 22nd instrument of ratification is deposited with ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. The Heads and State of Government representing three regional economic communities (RECs) of the ...

Since 2017, South Africa has been experiencing a trade surplus with most trading partners with the exception of Asia (with total trade of exports + imports at ZAR 1.3 trillion) where the dominance of ...

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...

One of the important protocols forming part of the set of agreements within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’). This protocol has the very ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is flagship project of the African Union’s ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. The Council of Ministers of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has decided to ...