South African wine grape producers are regaining confidence as the 2026 harvest progresses, with the third crop estimate indicating a larger harvest and quality indicators showing strong potential ...

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 ...

Dawid van Wyk is a retired Professor of Law. He taught public law at the University of South Africa. In retirement he keeps himself busy with ad hoc research and editing.

Call for policy predictability to support grain farmers (SAnews) Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has called for predictable policies, improved infrastructure and reduced reg ...

Alan Wm. Wolff is Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He began his four-year term in this position on 1 October 2017. He was formerly Senior Counsel at the global law firm ...

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 ...

Maria Immanuel is an international trade expert and a tralac Alumna based in Windhoek, Namibia. She makes music and is a Digital trade entrepreneur.

Mercy Mugala Ng’ambi is a Standardisation and Quality-Assurance Inspector, involved in trade compliance enforcement (inspection, testing and certification). She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Production ...

The combined, textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing industry remains Lesotho’s largest formal private sector employer – employing around 46 500 workers. Its current employment is below its early ...

The AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) was adopted by the AU Assembly during its 36th Ordinary Session held from 18 to 19 February 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Protocol ...

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 ...

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