At least four tankers unloaded about 165 000 tons of refined fuels from the US this month in Durban, where most of South Africa‘s imports land, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show. That’s ...

Kenya has demonstrated significant leadership in AfCFTA adoption as one the countries to ratify the AFCFTA Agreement in 2018 and has actively participated in the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI). The ...

This report examines Rwanda’s AfCFTA implementation ecosystem through an explicitly intersectional lens. Using an augmented Enterprise Survey dataset covering Rwanda and comparator East African ...

US administration launched unprecedented tariff actions against African trading partners in 2025, driven by trade imbalance calculations. This ‘tariff shock’ was uneven and fluctuated significantly ...

Intersectional analysis reveals distinct ‘barrier profiles’ by gender, age, and geography, impacting MSME engagement with regional trade like AfFTA ...

Protocols have been negotiated and adopted but are not yet in force. They deal with Competition Policy, Investment, Intellectual Property Rights, Women and Youth in Trade and Digital Trade. The ...

US President Donald Trump kicked off his second terms of office with unprecedented tariff actions against the US’ entire group of trading partners. Developing regions were not spared this onslaught, ...

The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade, Ms Sonja Boshoff, has called on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to intervene in the challenges facing the ...