The AGOA Extension Act, introduced by Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, would push the program’s expiration date from Sept. 30, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2028, according to the bill text. The proposal also ...

The Beijing+30 review of the BDPfA in March 2025, paid special attention to several trade-related gaps to ensure women’s full economic empowerment and gender equality in global trade. Much as progress ...

For a long time, Southern Africa’s informal cross-border traders have been moving everything from fresh vegetables, agricultural products to household goods across our borders, contributing ...

South Africa’s economy slows for the first time in 12 months (Finance in Africa) South Africa’s economy continued to expand in the third quarter of 2025, but at a slower pace – matching analysts’ ...

South Africa’s dairy trade this year continued to be driven by movements into the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), although the latest figures show a gradual shift as exports to non-SACU markets ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ms Viola Sawere has over 15 years’ experience in international trade policy, private sector development and multi-stakeholder dialogue. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) ...

Africa has taken a major step in reshaping how it conducts trade with China after South Africa’s Standard Bank became the first African bank to integrate directly with China’s Cross-Border Interbank ...