For African countries working to improve their trade regimes, this case offers a practical roadmap: decentralize where feasible, build capacity at the front lines, and treat regulatory efficiency as a ...

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 ...

Mining is expected to be a major driver of Africa’s development for the next few years. However, in many African jurisdictions, the industry is far from stable and needs to perform a complicated ...

Edna Oduwo is an advocate of the high court of Kenya with 4 years’ experience in both the public and the private sector, and a specialty in International Trade Law and Policy, which she is very ...

1. BACKGROUND The Trade Law Centre (tralac), a trade-related capacity building organisation based in South Africa, has received core funding support from the Swedish International Development ...

South Africa released its pdf Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy (2.23 MB) for public comment on 20 May 2025. It is a polished and insightful document, reflecting the input of ...

Kyle Perel is currently pursuing a BS, double majoring in International Politics and Business Administration at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. He spent two months at tralac as a part ...

Edwini Kessie is Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has been affiliated with the WTO since January 1995. Kessie has participated in many ...

Ms Treasure Thembisile Maphanga is Director for Trade and Industry at the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa. She joined the AUC in April 2012 and is engaged in trade policy and industrial ...

Tariro Chivige is a researcher at tralac. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and has over a decade of experience in customs and excise administration, as well as economic research. Her areas of interest ...

Tariro Chivige Tariro Chivige is a researcher at tralac. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and has over a decade of experience in customs and excise administration, as well as economic research. Her ...