Tag: Digital economy
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17 May 24 NewsKenya, Uganda to extend oil pipeline from Eldoret to Kampala (The East African)
Kenya and Uganda have agreed to jointly extend the oil pipeline from Eldoret to Uganda in a deal th...
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14 May 24 Newsdtic seeks to create a competitive medical technology industry with new master plan (Engineering News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has launched the Medi...
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07 May 24 NewsPatel believes industrialist policy needs continued investment to yield full potential (Engineering News)
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has called for rap...
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03 May 24 NewsLower income consumers are being priced out of the car market (Engineering News)
TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik says a tough economic environment characterised by cost-of-living c...
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02 May 24 NewsUganda pursues diverse routes to strong economic performance (Trade for Development News)
The agricultural sector plays a dominant role in Uganda’s economy, contributing to a qu...
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24 Apr 24 NewsSouth Africa aims to set up three JET-aligned skills development zones (Engineering News)
Three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and gr...
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23 Apr 24 NewsKenya second-hand clothes imports from China rise 86pc (The East African)
The quantity of second-hand clothes imported from China, which is Kenya’s main source of the popular lo...
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12 Apr 24 NewsSouth Africa seeks to secure global plastics pollution treaty by balancing competing interests (Engineering News)
South Africa will seek to secure a legally binding global plastic...
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09 Apr 24 News2024-2029 Development priorities for Zambia: Infrastructure and Agricultural Value Chain (AfDB)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Count...
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04 Apr 24 NewsTPT outlines actions to support 15% growth in citrus exports during 2024 season (Engineering News)
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reports that it has recruited 200 additional cargo...
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03 Apr 24 NewsBLSA calls for immediate reworking of IRP, describing assumptions as ‘spurious’ (Engineering News)
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), whose members include the largest d...
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28 Mar 24 NewsFull Quarterly Bulletin - No 311 (South African Reserve Bank)
The real gross value added (GVA) by the primary sector contracted further in the fourth quarter of 2023 due to a furt...
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27 Mar 24 NewsChicken industry needs no tariff rebates because there is no shortage, Sapa stresses (Engineering News)
Executives from the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) met with Trade...
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26 Mar 24 NewsProtectionism and shipping disruptions threaten agri trade (Farmer’s Weekly)
Solid business partnerships will become increasingly important to navigate market threats, according...
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22 Mar 24 News$10-billion Namibian green hydrogen project receives major German boost (Engineering News)
Namibia’s first gigawatt scale green hydrogen project – the $10-billion Hyphen devel...
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14 Mar 24 NewsMSC South Africa Inaugurates MEDLOG Cold Store Facility, revolutionizing trade dynamics in the region (FreshPlaza)
The MSC Group operates various entities including Mediterranean ...
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07 Mar 24 NewsInnovative businesses gain more access to global markets, study finds (SAnews)
Innovation-active South African businesses have more skilled labour and greater access to the global...
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05 Mar 24 NewsWorkshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews)
South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...
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27 Feb 24 NewsSettling on funding solutions for expedited grid infrastructure set as a Just Energy Transition Investment Plan priority (Engineering News)
Finalising funding solutions for the ex...
The AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol – clarification of key issues
25 Feb 24 BlogThe Digital Trade Protocol (‘the Protocol’) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a document intended to define the environment for digital trade between membe...