The African Growth and Opportunity Act expires in September 2025. Renewal negotiations are underway. For 35 eligible nations, the programme has shaped...
Ghana's 1D1F programme has established 111 factories across 261 districts, mobilising GHS 4.5 billion in investment. Agro-processing leads the results...
The AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services covers five priority sectors. Its financial services and transport chapters could add $50 billion annually in...
The AfCFTA dispute settlement mechanism provides a structured process for resolving trade disputes between member states. Understanding how it works c...
The Southern African Development Community's trade protocol has underpinned regional commerce for a generation. A comprehensive review now underway ai...
AfCFTA's rules of origin require African-origin goods to contain at least 35 percent African value-added content to qualify for preferential tariffs....
The AfCFTA Secretariat has documented over 1,200 non-tariff barriers across member states. Eliminating them could save African traders $90 billion ann...
African countries implementing the WTO TFA are cutting clearance times by up to 47 percent. We assess which nations are leading and where the bottlene...
EU Economic Partnership Agreements offer African signatories duty-free access to European markets. Kenya's horticulture and Mauritius's manufacturing...
The AfCFTA Investment Protocol establishes common investment protection rules across 55 African Union member states, potentially unlocking the contine...
Morocco's combination of exceptional solar irradiation, Atlantic wind, and existing phosphate infrastructure positions it as a leading candidate for g...
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will impose charges on African steel, aluminium, cement, and fertiliser exports from 2026, costing the con...
The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS is reshaping trade flows across West Africa. Landlocked nations face new barriers; coastal...
Two-way China-Africa trade reached $282 billion in 2023. Beyond resource exports, manufactured African goods and food products are gaining share in Ch...
Africa hosts over 237 Special Economic Zones, yet most underperform. Reliable power, port connectivity, and streamlined governance separate successful...