The Bretton Woods institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG), appeared to have dodged a bullet at the annual Spring meeting held in Washington in April. There had ...

Digital economy features prominently in the National Development Strategy (2021-2025) and Vision 2030. The e-government portal, ZimConnect, lays the foundation for digital Zimbabwe, but fragmented ...

tralac’s Introductory Course on AI Technology will take place virtually. The course does not require prior coding skills and will introduce participants to the technology by covering four fundamental ...

This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in 2024. This trade agreement between the European Union (EU) on the one ...

But the transaction cost of remittances to African countries remain higher than any other region. Although costs are coming down, they are doing so slowly and it is almost certain that the 2015 United ...

Parties involved in Guinea’s giant Simandou iron-ore mine, widely regarded as the biggest current mining project in the world, expect production to start late this year. This is a considerable ...

The 2025 tralac Annual Conference is taking place 15-16 May in Nairobi, Kenya.

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) and streamlined cross-border transaction processes, along with other key initiatives, can further allow for trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Review of 82 tariff codes for solar, wind and battery inputs could have far-reaching implications (Engineering News) A tariff review by the International Trade Administration Commission of South ...