The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, participated in the inaugural Africa Forward Summit 2026 held from 11 to 12 May 2026 ...

Malawi is a land-locked country in Southern Africa with operational Simplified Trade Regimes (STRs) with four neighbouring countries: Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. At the regional level, ...

South Africa is four months into the country’s electricity market transition – widely regarded as the most important economic reform since 1994 – but the process is already at a crossroads. The ...

Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade is the legal instrument designed for advancing the participation of women and youth in intra-African trade and integration. The Protocol is not yet in force. This ...

Evidence from firm-level survey data on barriers to regional trade participation reveals that among women-led non-users of AfCFTA preferences, the main reason is simply not knowing that the Agreement ...

Just 11% of South African goods exports are women-driven. This share has been shrinking over the past 20 years as historically male-intensive sectors have grown while female-intensive sectors have ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. Africa’s intra-continental exports weakened much more sharply than Africa’s exports to ...

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Namibia moves to position itself as the next major force in critical minerals and rare earths (Business Insider Africa) The Southern African country of Namibia, possessing substan ...

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Registration to the tralac website is required to download resources. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is flagship project of the African Union’s ...