The African Continental Free Trade Area – Where are the New Opportunities for South Africa’s Traders?

Image: Getty, Pugun
Image: Getty, Pugun

Our Western Cape branch invites you to a speakers meeting with Trudi Hartzenberg.

Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre (tralac). She is responsible for development of the tralac strategy, resource mobilisation and engagement with African governments, regional, continental and international organisations. She currently serves on the WTO Chairs Advisory Committee and is a member of the Committee for Development Policy of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). She supports women’s economic empowerment: focusing on women traders in national and regional business associations, and also heads up SheGovernsTrade – an empowerment programme for young women trade policy makers. Her research areas include international trade, competition policy, industrial development and Africa’s integration agenda. She has a special interest in capacity building. She designs and delivers academic and tailored short courses, a broad range of trade-related topics, investment, competition policy and industrialisation. 

Refreshments will be served before the event. Entrance for SAIIA members is free. Costs: Visitors R80 and students R20. 

All COVID protocols will be observed. 

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1 Jun 2022