Despite significant gains in poverty reduction, many people teeter on the brink of poverty, even as they move up the income ladder. Over 2.8 billion people—more than a third of the global ...

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 ...

Dubai and South Africa Unite to Launch AI Trade Hub Connecting Africa, the Middle East, and Europe (IT News Africa) The Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), through the Dubai Centre for Artificial ...

China and Kenya announced they had upgraded ties to a “new level” on Thursday during a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing, as they both pledged to create ...

Registration to the tralac website is required to download publications. This trade brief examines the utilisation of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under the EU-SADC ...

In the wake of global finance organisation the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cutting its GDP growth forecast for South Africa this year to 1% from 1.5%, and adding that it would reach a growth ...

Remittance flows to African countries continued to grow in both absolute and relative terms in 2024. A recent World Bank blog argued that ‘remittances have continued to outpace other types of external ...

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 on 15-16 May in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s conference takes place at a time of deep uncertainty about global trade, trade policy and the future of ...