OPINION: Why AfCFTA’s biggest challenge begins after Ratification
Author: Olubukola Miriam Agemo Almost every foreign investor I speak with eventually asks the same question: Do you think AfCFTA would actually work? It is a fair question but it […]
Author: Olubukola Miriam Agemo Almost every foreign investor I speak with eventually asks the same question: Do you think AfCFTA would actually work? It is a fair question but it […]
As the SA Trade Desk, we’re always looking for insightful commentary around the SA trade environment, and we came across this interview with Wandile Sihlobo explaining The Southern […]
Author: Esme Arendse, CEO Aprio Group An algorithm can now translate a trade agreement into forty languages in under a second. It cannot translate trust. That distinction matters […]
Welcome to the latest trade trends update from The South Africa Trade Desk, your gateway to commercial insights connecting South Africa with key global and regional markets. As global […]
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, through the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (“the dtic”) have signed a memorandum of […]
This year’s forum will focus on policy alignment across SADC, direct engagement with AfCFTA institutions, and the active inclusion of women entrepreneurs in continental trade mechanisms. The African […]
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the 2026 edition of its flagship African Trade Report themed “Leveraging Geopolitics for Trade and Industrialisation in Global Africa.” The report presents a […]
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has released Volume 10, Issue 1 of its Trade and Development Finance Brief, titled “Africa’s Trade and Investment Landscape”, which examines the structural challenges shaping […]
Author: Chandni Gopal, Webber Wentzel On 19 February 2023, African Union Heads of State adopted the Protocol on Investment to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), a […]
Author: Mary Gounder, Senior Trade and Regional Integration Expert Over the past few years, we have been hearing so much about the AfCFTA and the opportunities that would be available […]