Tag: Global economy

Top African Coal Port’s Snags Are No Match for European Demand (Bloomberg) South Africa’s state-owned rail company Transnet last year delivered the smallest amount o...

Coal industry can innovate to contribute to energy transition (SAnews) Mineral Resources and Energy Deputy Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, has called on the coal industry to fi...

Citrus growers call for urgent WTO intervention to ensure oranges can be exported to EU (Engineering News) Industry organisation the Citrus Growers Association of South Afric...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been in trouble for some time. Disagreement about how its dispute settlement system (once called the jewel in the WTO crown) should function ...

There are always challenges interpreting the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) winter meeting at Davos in Switzerland. The presence of 2 700 invited speakers in the Swiss ski-resort o...

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell...

SADC 2023: The year for economic growth, resilience and value addition (sardc.net) The year 2023 offers an opportunity for SADC to consolidate its development agenda and the ...

Bilateral set to cement SA-US relations (SAnews) Anti-money laundering, climate financing and sovereign debt resolution in Africa are expected to top the agenda when Finance Minis...

Pandor hopes SA will learn from Greece’s renewables-based energy system (SAnews) International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, believes that the experience...

Government Support Will Help Transform Poultry Industry, Ensure Food Security (The Department of Trade Industry and Competition) The support that government provides to black-owne...

Local news AfreximBank earmarks $100 million to tackle Nigeria’s export challenges (The Guardian Nigeria) The African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday, announced...

Local news Zimbabwe Sanctions | Activists denounce new sanction regime (ENCA) HARARE - The United States has slapped new targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe. This is d...

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), ...

Local news Uganda Seeks Sustainable Growth Through Regional Trade (Mirage News) KAMPALA, December 15, 2022 – As the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, Uganda is returning ...

Local news the dtic Relaunches Agro-Processing Scheme to Increase Uptake (the dtic) The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has relaunched the Agro-Proc...

COP27 outcomes and reactions Call for collaboration to achieve COP27 outcomes (SAnews) South Africa has called on all Parties to work constructively and in a spirit of compromise...

COP27 news Next Africa: Climate Hopes in the Balance in Last Hours of COP27 (Bloomberg) African nations came into this month’s COP27 international climate summit in Egypt with ...

COP27 updates COP27 draft leaves out pledge to phase down all fossil fuels (Engineering News) Countries negotiating at the climate summit in Egypt are on track to reject calls fo...

Updates from COP27 Namibia Minister launches Conference Outcome at COP27 Africa Day event (UNECA) Africa Day took place on Tuesday the 8th November 2022 at the Africa Pavilion at...

COP27 and related news African perspectives on climate change research (Nature.com) The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) is being held in November 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, ...