Speaking at the Jamhuri Day celebrations in Kenya on Friday, December 12, 2025, President Mahama said, “Our forebearers won for us independence. It is the responsibility of our current African ...

Cross-border trade is a source of income and livelihoods for thousands of Africans. Over 70% of cross-border traders are women. In Southern Africa, it is estimated that informal cross border trade ...

US Congress moves to revive Agoa, but SA’s continued participation is in doubt (Daily Maverick) The US Congress is moving to revive the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which expired on 30 ...

Trade is a powerful tool for economic growth, but gender disparities in trade limit women and youth participation in international markets. Gender policies most often do not integrate trade inclusion ...

USTR Greer says he’s open to ‘different treatment’ of South Africa under trade initiative (CNBC) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa ...

South Africa’s economy slows for the first time in 12 months (Finance in Africa) South Africa’s economy continued to expand in the third quarter of 2025, but at a slower pace – matching analysts’ ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

Alan Wm. Wolff is Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He began his four-year term in this position on 1 October 2017. He was formerly Senior Counsel at the global law firm ...

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 ...