Speaking at the Jamhuri Day celebrations in Kenya on Friday, December 12, 2025, President Mahama said, “Our forebearers won for us independence. It is the responsibility of our current African ...

US Congress moves to revive Agoa, but SA’s continued participation is in doubt (Daily Maverick) The US Congress is moving to revive the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which expired on 30 ...

USTR Greer says he’s open to ‘different treatment’ of South Africa under trade initiative (CNBC) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa ...

Cross-border trade is a source of income and livelihoods for thousands of Africans. Over 70% of cross-border traders are women. In Southern Africa, it is estimated that informal cross border trade ...

After months of behind-the-scenes lobbying in Washington, and despite the recent government shutdown, supporters of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) may finally see their efforts rewarded ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...

South Africa’s dairy trade this year continued to be driven by movements into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), although the latest figures show a gradual shift as exports to non-SACU markets ...