The World Trade Organisation Renews the Moratorium on Customs Duties for Electronic Transmissions
The WTO Ministerial meeting in June renewed the “Moratorium on the Charging of Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions”. All WTO agreements must be agreed upon unanimously, and for some time…
Read MoreOpportunities, Events, Publications
Join EFSA at the SAITEX Exhibition and Conference on 19-21 June 2022 EFSA will have a session on the 21 June at SAITEX. We’ll also have a stand – join…
Read MoreMicrosoft Adds Zulu to its Translation Apps – Google adds Sepedi and Tsonga
Microsoft Translator apps, Office, Translator for Bing, and the Translator, a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service, will allow users to include the Zulu and Somali languages in their apps, websites, workflows,…
Read MoreNew Pan-African Advisory Committee on Digital Trade
Afreximbank, the African Union Commission (AUC), and African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA), have established a digital policy working group to serve as a high-level platform and point of…
Read MoreRed & Yellow Creative School of Business expands to Mauritius-based Honoris Educational Network
Red and Yellow, SA’s leading authority in digital marketing education, has agreed with the Mauritius-based Honoris Educational Network to offer digital marketing to Mauritius students, starting July 2022. This is…
Read MoreThe Financial Times Ranks Fast Growing Companies in Africa for the First Time
The inaugural FT annual ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies provides a snapshot of the corporate landscape on a continent where technology, fintech, and support-service businesses have had to adapt to…
Read MoreIndia Grows Its Trading Relationship with Africa
According to the Brookings Institute, India and Africa’s partnership has experienced a revival in recent years, especially during the COVID pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has made moves that…
Read MoreNew Crypto Exchange is Launched in Central Africa Amid Calls for Bitcoin Not to be Accepted as Legal Tender
MARA, a Pan-African crypto exchange has been launched and announced a partnership with the Central African Republic (CAR), which just passed a bill legalizing Bitcoin as legal tender. As part…
Read MoreTransport Infrastructure Improvements Underway
This Newsletter has tended to concentrate on telecom improvements, but we should not forget that, slowly but surely, Africa’s roads are being addressed with major projects. Efforts to upgrade connections…
Read MoreSA Now Exported More to Rest of Africa in 2021 than to EU; and news of the AfCFTA
According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa’s exports to Africa surpassed those to the European Union in 2021. SA has also agreed to Malabo Declaration Commitment…
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