The initiative, unveiled in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Thursday, December 11, is anchored by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in collaboration with the Securities ...

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 ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

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 ...

After months of behind-the-scenes lobbying in Washington, and despite the recent government shutdown, supporters of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) may finally see their efforts rewarded ...

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’ ...

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 ...

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of tralac. She has a special interest in trade-related capacity building. Her research areas include trade policy issues, regional integration, investment, ...