The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held virtually on 21 October 2026 under the Chairpersonship of His Excellency ...

South Africa will try to move global climate commitments to implementation during COP31 (Engineering News) South Africa remains committed to the Paris Agreement and multilateral climate change ...

South African economy shows resilience despite global shocks (SAnews) The past few years has seen the country on the back foot of the effects of state capture, the COVID-19 pandem... South Africa ...

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 ...

Paulina Mbala Elago is a Namibian National with over 20 years of professional experience in international trade, primarily trade policy, regional integration, trade facilitation, investment ...

Michael Lawrence is an Executive Director of The National Clothing Retail Federation (NCRF) as well as M&M Consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Cape Town (with ...

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, ...

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...

Anathi Mlungwana is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in fostering long-term business relationships and driving business growth. Her skills and experience gained across multiple ...

pdf Optimizing the implementation in Central Africa of the AfCFTA Agreement: Lessons from the GTI (ECA, 2025)(3.26 MB) pdf Assessing Regional Integration in Africa ARIA XI (UNECA and AUC, 2025)(9.29 ...

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 ...

In 2017, intra-SACU imports amounted to US$13.8 billion. Namibia was the leading importer of products from other SACU countries accounting for 30% of the intra-SACU imports, followed by Botswana (27%) ...