Tag: Digital economy
Blockchain-Driven Trade Technologies and the Potential Benefits for African Trade
21 Feb 21 BlogJust 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 ...
AfCFTA Phase II and III Negotiations – Update
10 Feb 21 BlogThe scope of the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights (IPRs) a...
Who is doing what in the fintech space in Africa?
10 Feb 21 BlogDigital banking is driving Africa’s recovery
When Vodacom, Africa’s biggest mobile telephony operator (Telco) by revenue, announced late last year that it intended expanding i...
tralac Daily News
03 Feb 21 NewsCountry focus
Economic growth to improve this year but will remain constrained (Engineering News)
The economic prospects for this year are better than 2020, but the recovery of t...
tralac Daily News
28 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Treasury is confident its strategy on Covid-19 vaccine acquisition is foolproof against PPE-like corruption
National Treasury is convinced that SA’s Covid-19 vacc...
tralac Daily News
21 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Business, civil society weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine funding (Eyewitness News)
The South African Chamber of Commerce said the failed R200 billion and COVID-19 loan ...
tralac Daily News
20 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
Supply Chains Latest: Covid Curbs Shut Busy African Border (Bloomberg)
South Africa’s decision to shut its land borders to most travel to curb the spread of the C...
tralac Daily News
19 Jan 21 NewsCountry focus
SA must embrace innovation to rebuild economy: President Ramaphosa (SAnews)
With the COVID-19 pandemic having battered the South African fiscus in 2020, President C...
tralac Daily News
21 Dec 20 NewsNational
Aviation industry anxious as COVID-19 resurgences force new travel bans (The South African)
With a host of countries – mainly across Europe – announcing over the wee...
tralac Daily News
15 Dec 20 NewsNational
Full Quarterly Bulletin - No 298 - December 2020 (South African Reserve Bank)
Following a fourth successive quarterly contraction in the second quarter of 2020, the real...
tralac Daily News
10 Dec 20 NewsNational
Agricultural sector contribution to South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (NAMC)
South Africa’s economy bounced back in the third quarter (July to September) ...
tralac Daily News
09 Dec 20 NewsNational
This is the single biggest threat to South Africa right now: Ramaphosa (BusinessTech)
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that South Africa’s 13.5% rebound in GDP during th...
tralac Daily News
08 Dec 20 NewsNational
SA GDP grew by 13.5% y/y in third quarter of 2020 (Eyewitness News)
Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke on Tuesday released the results of the gross domestic product (...
tralac Daily News
07 Dec 20 NewsAfCFTA updates
Thirteenth extraordinary session on the AfCFTA: The Assembly of the Union adopts decision on the start of trading
African Union Heads of State and Government have ...
tralac Daily News
04 Dec 20 NewsNational
SA has most developed digital economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, says study (BizNews)
South Africa has been described as having the most ‘developed digital economy’ in S...
Tech Disruption in Africa: Assessing the Potential of the Digital Labour Platform Sector
22 Nov 20 PublicationsDigital 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
18 Nov 20 NewsNational
President to officially open third SA Investment Conference (SAnews)
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the Opening Address at the third South Africa Investment Conf...
tralac Daily News
16 Nov 20 NewsNational
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
12 Nov 20 NewsNational
Ramaphosa surprises with further easing of Covid-19 restrictions (Moneyweb)
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a surprise move during his latest address to the nation on the ...
tralac Daily News
06 Nov 20 NewsNational
DTIC reiterates importance of quality standards in South Africa (Engineering News)
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has reiterated the importance...