Ninth SACU Summit postponed (Informanté) “We regret to inform you that the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State or Government, which was scheduled to take place on 27 June 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, has ...

Introduction of tariffs timeline After his inauguration as the 47th President of the US, Donald Trump issued just over 200 Executive Orders. They dealt mainly with measures to undo the policies of his ...

A signs US$1.5 billion loan with World Bank (SAnews) The South African government and the World Bank have signed a US$1.5 billion Development Policy Loan Agreement that will assist in unlocking key ...

South Africa released its Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy (2.23 MB) for public comment on 20 May 2025. It is a polished and insightful document, reflecting the input of the country’s national ...

SA views G7 as strategic partner in several areas (SAnews) South Africa views the Group of Seven (G7) as a strategic partner in its efforts to drive climate resilience, promote a just energy ...

SA ratifies landmark women and youth protocol for inclusive trade (SAnews) South Africa has taken a significant step in fostering inclusive growth by officially ratified the ...

Ndiitah Nghipondoka-Robiati is Chief Executive Officer, Namibia Trade Forum. Before joining NTF in April 2014, she was a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of ...

Patrick Low, a Kenyan and Spanish national, is a Fellow at the Asia Global Institute of the University of Hong Kong and a Senior Adviser for Tulip Consulting. He currently works in an advisory ...

Africa’s inspired apparel sourcing hotspot Employment, wages & working conditions The combined, textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry remains Lesotho’s largest formal private sector ...

[1] Art 5 AfCFTA Agreement (Legally scrubbed version, signed 16 May 2018) [2] Ibid. [3] Art 31, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. [4] SADC, for example has a Protocol on Trade, Finance and ...

As the drive to achieve net zero intensifies, the demand for critical minerals, essential inputs in many low-carbon technologies, is expected to grow exponentially. The global energy transition ...