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Global African Investment Summit ends with record number of bankable projects in Africa presented to international investors
23 Oct 2014The Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS) closed on Tuesday after two days of high level panels and roundtables to explore investment opportunities in Africa. Over 500 of the ci...
read moreMedium Term Budget Policy Statement 2014 for South Africa
23 Oct 2014Foreword
Since the dawn of democracy just over 20 years ago, government has financed a massive expansion of services to all South Africans, with a focus on the poor. We have done ...
read moreGive landlocked nations a tech boost, says UN chief
23 Oct 2014The international community must do more to provide landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) with the agricultural and industrial technology to turn raw materials into high-value pr...
read moreEALA Session commences in Kigali
23 Oct 2014The 2nd Meeting of the 3rd Session of the 3rd Assembly commenced in Kigali, Rwanda on 21 October 2014. The Speaker of the Rwanda, Chamber of Deputies, Rt Hon Donatile Mukabalisa op...
read moreAid for Trade meeting highlights need to give greater support to small businesses
23 Oct 2014At a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development on 10 October 2014, WTO members were updated on a recent ITC-WTO workshop that called for greater support for small and mediu...
read moretralac is a 2014 Finalist – Cape Chamber of Commerce Western Cape Exporter of the Year
23 Oct 2014We are pleased to inform you that tralac is a Cape Chamber of Commerce Western Cape Exporter of the Year 2014 finalist.
Exporter of the Year 2014
The Cape Chamber of Commerce W...
read moreSouth Africa: Tourism Report 2013
22 Oct 2014Background
Administrative records regulating the flow of people across boundaries, specifically border statistics, are an important source of statistical data on temporary populat...
read moreStrong leadership: critical to building South Africa’s competitiveness
22 Oct 2014South Africa is a country rich in diversity with an array of cultures and communities, each with their own stories and history. Each of these communities have produced sometimes wo...
read moreEast Africa is ripe with opportunity – Kagame
22 Oct 2014President Paul Kagame on Monday began a three-day visit to London where he addressed business leaders at the Global African Investment Summit. The event, under the theme “Realisi...
read more6 ways to boost Africa’s access to global and regional markets
22 Oct 2014Despite astounding economic growth rates and significant improvements in Africa’s participation in global value chains, the overall picture in many African countries remains one ...
read moreUN meet signs off on biodiversity roadmap amid 2020 target concerns
22 Oct 2014Delegates meeting under the umbrella of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on Friday closed a two-week long meet held in South Korea after agreeing to a series of 33 deci...
read moreSeychelles’ membership terms agreed – next stop: General Council
22 Oct 2014WTO members negotiating Seychelles’ accession agreed on the terms of the country’s WTO membership on 17 October 2014, concluding 18 years of negotiation. This decision still re...
read moreUganda says oil revenue possible alternative to Chinese cash for railway
22 Oct 2014Uganda could rely on income from future oil exports to finance an $8 billion railway if funding talks with China fail to bear fruit, its president said.
Yoweri Museveni confirmed ...
read moreWTO helps developing countries adjust to major shifts in trading environment
21 Oct 2014The WTO has played a key role in helping countries adjust to four recent trends that have considerably altered the relationship between trade and development, according to the late...
read moreUN meeting seeks reform of investment treaties
21 Oct 2014More than 50 high-level representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society convened in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 October to address the challenges arising from ...
read moreStrong growth in sub-Saharan Africa, but pockets of difficulty
21 Oct 2014Strong growth in the majority of sub-Saharan Africa’s economies should underpin a robust regional expansion in 2014 and 2015, the IMF said in its regional outlook.
In most count...
read moreProduction process issues raised in dairy sector in Southern Africa
21 Oct 2014The Dairy Association of Zambia (DAZ) maintains that the government’s regulatory framework for dairy products is de facto applying double standards with regard to use of both the...
read moreRegion’s growing GDP attracts global private equity funds
21 Oct 2014
East Africa’s growing GDP, a stabilised political environment, the discovery of natural resources like oil and gas and intensified infrastructure development have placed the re...
read moreNatural resources in Guinea-Bissau: Getting it right from the start
21 Oct 2014Guinea-Bissau is one of Africa’s richest countries when it comes to natural resource endowment. Beyond having great biodiversity, its soil is fertile and hosts a multitude of min...
read moreAlgeria’s WTO accession: 13th negotiation round in January 2015
21 Oct 2014The 13th multilateral negotiation meeting on Algeria’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is due to be held early January 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, Trade Min...
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