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The government is forging ahead with plans for a border management agency to handle all aspects of border control, from security to customs and plant and animal inspection – but ...

To lift the poor from poverty, create jobs, not loans, critics say In 2005 the United Nations declared the year the International Year of Microcredit. At a time when the clamour f...

Lecture on “The New Global Development Agenda and Malawi” by Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator, 18 June 2015 I thank the Speaker of the Malawi National Assembly, Hon. Richard Ms...

Multilateral Development Banks provided US $28 billion in climate finance in 2014 The world’s six large multilateral development banks (MDBs) delivered over US $28 billion in ...

There is cause for celebration following the meeting in Cairo of 26 African heads of state representing the countries that make up the three major trading blocs on the continent ...

The selection: Friday, 19 June 25th Assembly of the African Union: summary of outcomes (AU) A declaration on self-reliance was adopted. It approves the First Ten-Year Implementat...

“This is a momentous opportunity that the Africa region must seize to pave the way for its meaningful participation in the global institutional architecture for sustainable devel...

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has committed to growing the diversity and volume of  the country’s exports by ensuring that all the stakeholders play their a...

Heads of State and Government of the 54 member states of the African Union (AU) met in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 14th to 15th June. The Assembly meeting was the last in t...

“The involvement of the private sector must be through participation in analysis and decision making as well as in overseeing the implementation of trade facilitation measures....

Essay Competition on the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area and the African Union Continental Free Trade Area The Saana Institute is launching its first ever Essay Competi...

The selection: Thursday, 18 June DG Azevêdo tells members it is “decision time” on the Doha work programme (WTO) “Taking an overview of all of these consultations it ...

Trade finance in support of Africa’s development “We need to ensure that Africa is not left out of mainstream trade markets because of a lack of trade finance.” – Don...

The Paris deal on Poultry: Implications for South Africa’s access to the US under AGOA Statement by Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies, in the National Assembly, 17 June ...

Preparatory to the 2017 establishment of a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in Africa, three Regional Economic Communities (RECs) – the Common Market for Eastern and Southern A...

Kenya has retained an improved third position in Africa, after Rwanda and Senegal, for achievements in several areas including infrastructure and financial sector development. T...

On May 20, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Zambia. Executive Directors noted that, after a period of ...

tralac is pleased to congratulate those students who graduated with the degree Master of Commerce in Management Practice (specialising in Trade Law and Policy) on 12 June 2015...

The selection: Wednesday, 17 June ECA chief tells AU Summit to align and measure African Development Goals (UNECA) “ECA is working to ensure that the issue of the African ...

The African Union Assembly launched the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations during the 25th Extraordinary Summit of Head of States and Governments on 15 June in Johanne...