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One session which attracted a lot of interest during the UNCTAD event was a report for the International Trade Centre (ITC) from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). The study looked…

I attended 10 of the 15 online webinars held in the week of 27 April. There was a lot of fascinating information, and the new Secretary-General of the African Free…

Source: UNCTAD, based on national sources. Note: Figures in italics are UNCTAD estimates. The leading B2C ecommerce companies are based mostly in China and the United States. The world’s top…

Opinion piece- https://saiia.org.za/research/renewed-urgency-to-implement-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-how-can-africa-prepare-for-a-post-covid-19-world/ Draft report (final version will be published in mid-May) – https://saiia.org.za/research/the-digital-economy-and-e-commerce-in-africa-drivers-for-the-african-free-trade-area/ Please feel free to share these papers.

The pandemic has caused a flood of unfair, misleading and abusive business practices, hitting consumers hard and leaving the most vulnerable ones more disadvantaged. The main issue is price gouging…