Data by the African Development Bank (AfDB) indicates that trade finance gap in Africa remains high at $81.8 billion with SMEs who are the largest economic contributors the most affected. Mastercard ...

The Bretton Woods institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), appeared to have dodged a bullet at the annual Spring meeting held in Washington in April. There had ...

tralac’s Introductory Course on AI Technology will take place virtually. The course does not require prior coding skills and will introduce participants to the technology by covering four fundamental ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC ...

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) and streamlined cross-border transaction processes, along with other key initiatives, can further allow for trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery inputs could have far-reaching implications (Engineering News) A tariff review by the International Trade Administration Commission of South ...

Remittance flows to African countries continued to grow in both absolute and relative terms in 2024. A recent World Bank blog argued that ‘remittances have continued to outpace other types of external ...

The 2025 tralac Annual Conference is taking place on 15-16 May in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s conference takes place at a time of deep uncertainty about global trade, trade policy and the future of ...

In the wake of global finance organisation the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cutting its GDP growth forecast for South Africa this year to 1% from 1.5%, and adding that it would reach a growth ...

Parties involved in Guinea’s giant Simandou iron-ore mine, widely regarded as the biggest current mining project in the world, expect production to start late this year. This is a considerable ...