Tag: Industrial policy
Industrial commodities prices to surge in 2017: World Bank
25 Jan 17 NewsTight supply, strong demand boosts energy, metals prices
The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to tightening...
Modern industrial parks will attract more investments – Tanzania
10 Jan 17 NewsPrivate sector players in the country have appealed to the government to amend the Special Economic Zone Act and the Tanzania Investment Act to enable the country set up moder...
African trade and integration
04 Jan 17 Themestralac’s primary aim is to help build capacity for government officials, policymakers, and regional organisations to more adequately address the most pressing trade matters facin...
Regional before global: A value chain approach to industrialisation in West Africa
24 Nov 16 NewsSustainable Development Goal 9 calls for a commitment to “build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.” Are regional value chain...
On Africa Industrialization Day, Ban urges financing ‘engines of development’ to realize continent’s potential
21 Nov 16 NewsIn his message on Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary-General has called on African countries to adopt policies that encourage growth of the private sector and f...
Capacity building at tralac – Geek Week, 7-11 November 2016
10 Nov 16 Eventtralac hosted a “Geek Week” at the tralac offices in Stellenbosch from Monday, November 7 to Friday, November 11, 2016 at noon, coordinated by Ron Sandrey with support fro...
Africa’s new climate economy: Economic transformation and social and environmental change
10 Nov 16 NewsAfrica’s “Growth Miracle” in the 21st century has reversed a long standing narrative of pessimism about the region
It has emboldened hope for the future. GDP ...
Geek Week: Kenya Association of Manufacturers, 31 October – 2 November 2016
02 Nov 16 Eventtralac organised a “Geek Week” from Monday, October 31 to Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The three day workshop was held at the request of the Kenya A...
A Continental Free Trade Area to support Africa’s industrial development objectives? tralac Roundtable, 17-18 November 2016
01 Nov 16 Eventtralac hosted a roundtable in Cape Town to consider Africa’s quest for industrial development and diversification, and the implications for the continent’s integration agenda. ...
Trade Minister tables Namibia Industrial Development Agency Bill
01 Nov 16 NewsNamibia’s Minister of Industrialization, Trade and Small Medium Enterprise Development, Immanuel Ngatjizeko tabled the Namibia Industrial Development Agency Bill in the National ...
COMESA Summit closes with leaders issuing a Communiqué
20 Oct 16 NewsThe 19th COMESA Heads of State and Governments Summit has come to close with leaders attending the Summit issuing a Communiqué on a raft of decisions to advance the COME...
Industrial development – why invest in financial sector development?
20 Oct 16 DiscussionAshly Hope, tralac Research Advisor, comments on the importance of investment in financial sector development for successful industrialisation in the 21st century
Industrialisatio...
Is Africa Deindustrializing Prematurely?
12 Oct 16 DiscussionJohn Stuart, tralac Associate, discusses Africa’s recent industrialization path by examining trends in industrial employment and manufacturing value added in relation to oth...
Now Kenya makes plans to produce industrial sugar
03 Oct 16 News
Kenya plans to relax rules for the production of industrial sugar in a bid to save the economy $90 million worth of forex spent annually on imports.
Kenya wil...
Global economy needs policy overhaul to move beyond sixth straight year of sluggish growth: UNCTAD report
22 Sep 16 NewsStructural transformation for inclusive and sustained growth
Getting the world economy back on track requires that global leaders use bolder macroeconomic policies, strengthened r...
Esibayeni Declaration of the Southern Africa Business Forum
09 Sep 16 NewsOn 24 August 2016, during the inaugural SADC Industrialisation Week, held in Swaziland, over 200 private sector representatives from across the region gathered for the Second Annua...
Industrialization in Africa and least developed countries: A report to the G20 Development Working Group by UNIDO
06 Sep 16 NewsIn the run-up to the 11th G20 Summit taking place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, on 4 and 5 September, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) published a new...
SADC: Costed action plan for industrialisation to be finalised early next year
30 Aug 16 NewsSouthern African leaders will hold an Extra-Ordinary Summit during the first quarter of 2017 to finalise a costed action plan for the region’s industrialisation agenda.
The Coun...
In Nairobi Declaration, Japan and African nations vow to fight terrorism, stress rule-based maritime order
29 Aug 16 NewsJapanese and African leaders on Sunday pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rules-based maritime order as they wrapped up a Japan-led international conferenc...
Harnessing resources for industrialization – SADC talks energy infrastructure investment
22 Aug 16 NewsSouthern African leaders are expected to discuss measures to mobilise resources for developing energy infrastructure as a key enabler for the region’s industrialisation thrust as...