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Tralac Annual Conference on the AfCFTA
Tralac (the Trade and Law Research body) held its annual conference in Rwanda in mid-May. The AfCFTA Secretary-General, HE Wamkele Mene (the S-G), was the opening speaker alongside the Rwandan…
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Tralac’s Annual Conference, Kigali, 18-19 May. The theme this year is “A Practical and Realistic Narrative for the AfCFTA”. EFA will be participating. For more details see Tralac’s website https://bit.ly/tralacConf2023 UNCTAD…
Read MoreThe Cost of Living Around the Continent
Travelling around Africa and in need of some insight into the cost of living in your country(ies) of destination? Numbeo, a data and research platform, determines the overall cost of…
Read MoreThe SA Competition Commission Delays Publishing the Recommendations of its Market Inquiry on Intermediation Platforms
This Newsletter has reported on this Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry (OIPMI) since it was launched in 2020. On 18 April the Proposed Regulations and Guidelines were supposed to have been published,…
Read MoreGS1 and Reducing Counterfeiting
Prof. Adheesh Budree, a member of the EFSA Board sits on the GS1 Southern Africa Council. The primary objective of GS1, which is run by the Consumer Goods Council of…
Read MoreAfrican A1
OpenAI’s products, such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, might be the poster boys, but similar chatbots have been quietly springing up in Africa. One notable trend among them is how they…
Read MoreConsumer Protection – Product Liability in Kenya
The SA Consumer Protection Act protects consumers from faulty products. Recently the Parliament in Kenya has been debating introducing the same protection. Kenyan consumers will have the right to reject…
Read MorePayments Developments – Mobile Money, QR Codes in SA and Kenya
The latest mobile money industry report by the Global Systems for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) shows that global daily transaction value in 2022 surpassed forecasts to hit $3.45 bn, as…
Read MoreSouth Africa to Introduce New Visa Rules for Skilled Workers
Every so often the SA Home Affairs asks the various ministries to identify skills where foreign experts need to be invited to assist, and the ministries in turn ask the…
Read MoreAfrica to Overtake Asia as the Economically Fastest Growing Region
Africa is poised to become the fastest-growing region in the world, surpassing Asia, according to a new report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The report reveals that 6 of the…
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