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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

pdf South Africa’s Ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Protocol on Digital Trade and South Africa’s Ratification of the SADC Protocol on Industry(404 KB) (pdf (404 KB) ...

Aïcha Maliki is the Deputy Director of Trade Facilitation at the Cameroon National Shippers Council. She has been a member of the AfCFTA implementation committee Secretariat in Cameroon since 2022 ...

SA Canegrowers calls on Godongwana to scrap sugar tax in MTBPS (Engineering News) Industry organisation the South African Canegrowers' Association (SA Canegrowers) has called on Finance Minister Enoch ...