A 2024 projection by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that if production starts in December 2025, as scheduled, Guinea’s GDP will increase 26 percent by 2030. A Rio Tinto executive has ...

But the transaction cost of remittances to African countries remain higher than any other region. Although costs are coming down, they are doing so slowly and it is almost certain that the 2015 United ...

The 2025 tralac Annual Conference is taking place 15-16 May in Nairobi, Kenya.

The report – a special edition of TIPS’s Real Economy Bulletin – summarises the informal available information on the number of small businesses, in total and by industry and province; their ...

Despite US President Donald Trump reversing 30% tariffs on South African exports, Washington’s trade war with China will likely spill over to the rest of the world, and billions of rands worth of ...

Botswana has lifted its ban on fresh vegetable imports from South Africa after it struggled to meet local demand solely from domestic production. The ban, imposed in 2022, was lifted in two phases — ...

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade Principal Secretary (PS) Melusi Masuku, has emphasised the crucial role of the African Trade Observatory (ATO) in empowering businesses with the necessary ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on world leaders to ensure that the multilateral trading system is “strengthened” in the face of uncertain economic times. The President was delivering remarks at ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that trade between countries must remain “free, predictable and governed by a rules-based system”, particularly for developing economies, many of which he said ...

New environmental screening platform for projects in South Africa now fully operational (Engineering News) The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National W ...

In early December 2024, media headlines painted the picture: ‘Young campaigners win landmark climate case to stop new coal power in South Africa’; ‘Judgment bars government f ...