On November 9, 2025, two major developments converged on the international stage: a call for urgent small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) mobilization to unlock trillion-dollar economic gains, and a ...

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

At the end of the fourth 2025 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, held in Washington in mid-October 2025, the meeting was not able to produce a consensus communiqué.

According to the report, the programme, formally launched on August 20, 2025, is part of a new regional strategy to build “borderless value chains” across West Africa and strengthen linkages between ...

South Africa’s cabinet approved an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP 2025) in mid-October. The masterplan for the country’s energy development going forward contains some astounding numbers. The IRP ...

South Africa-China Manufacturing Collaboration Key in Driving Industrialisation - The Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic) Collaboration between South Africa and China is key in ...

South African Export Councils Optimistic About Increasing Trade with China (the dtic) Two South African export councils say their participation in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) will ...

SA’s Path To Digital Inclusion Starts With Meaningful Connectivity (CIO Africa) Millions of South Africans still sit on the wrong side of the digital divide. Approximately 21 pe ...

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 ...

Ms Viola Sawere has over 15 years’ experience in international trade policy, private sector development and multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) ...

Beatrice Chaytor is an international trade lawyer, called to the Bar in England and Wales as well as Sierra Leone, with over 30 years’ experience in providing advice and support to NGO’s, governments ...

Over the past 10 years, intra-Africa trade has grown from US$ 98 billion in 2013 to US$ 102 billion in 2022. Despite this performance, intra-Africa trade as a share of Africa’s global trade has ...