The trading relationships between South Africa and Africa over the last 18 years, has been made available through tralac which shows exactly who our biggest African trade partners are. Interesting […]
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ANNOUNCEMENT: TMSA programme to close early
On 4th December 2013, the UK’s Secretary of State for International Development announced the early closure of the TMSA programme. As TMSA understands this decision has been informed by a […]
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement can Produce Gains of up to $ 3.3 Billion per year
Click here to download the full Tripartite Free Trade Agreement impact analysis Since its establishment in 2009, TradeMark Southern Africa (TMSA) has supported the Tripartite of the Common Market for […]
Corridors & Infrastructure in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite area
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are deepening regional economic […]
Regional mechanism tackles NTBs
The resolution of the Kariba bridge NTB is not an isolated event. Nearly three quarters (74.6%) of all NTBs that have been logged in the last four years through Tripartite’s […]
EALA passes EAC vehicle load control bill
…if assented to, law shall be a hallmark in maintaining region’s road infrastructure East African Legislative Assembly, Kampala, Uganda May 29 2013: Trade facilitation in the region is expected to […]
East African community parliament passes one-stop border bill
At this week’s sitting of the East African Legislative Assembly, the regional legislators passed the One Stop Border Posts Bill 2012 which now goes to the EAC heads of state for […]
The non-tariff barriers
The total number of non-tariff barriers affecting business within the Comesa, EAC and SADC regions is 566. Sixty of these are dealt with by Fesarta (Federation of East and Southern […]
Cooperation at Kenyan borders
In mid-March, COMPETE and the Kenyan Ministry of Trade (MoT) conducted two cross-border traders sensitization and joint border committee capacity building workshops at Malaba and Busia. The objective of the […]
Truckers' Forum 2012: report back
Without a doubt, the Truckers’ Forum 2012, the first-of-its-kind workshop held to tackle problem issues along East and Southern Africa’s transport corridors and to find solutions, was a great success. […]