Today Monday 17th April 2023, Prof. Martin M Lwanga, Director General (DG) ESAMI together with Dr Caiphas Chekwoti, Head of Centre, ESAMI-trapca officially welcomed participants from 20 African nations, who were recently admitted to start their MSc in Trade Policy and Trade Law (Anglophone & Francophone) for their first 6 weeks block. In his welcome...Read More

“I joined ESAMI-trapca in 2018, by then I was an entry level Investment Promotion Officer in the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Malawi. I obtained my Postgraduate Diploma in 2019 and MSc in 2021. The knowledge, skills and the hands-on experience I gained throughout my education have been very invaluable and key in shaping...Read More

The launch of trade capacity-building activities in Tanzania under the WTO Chairs Programme was marked at an event on 31 March at the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa, an institution within the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute. Speaking at the event, Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang said: “We are confident that the appointed team...Read More

Trade has proved a critical part of the solution for economic recovery, poverty reduction and the sustainability conundrum. It is in this regard, that it gives us so much pride to see our Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa- Trapca alumni at the heart of the national, regional, continental and multilateral trade agenda facilitating countries...Read More

Foreword The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is of the same order of historical significance as the establishment of the Organisation for African Unity in 1963 and the African Union in 2002. Through trade and trade-related areas, it is poised to change the economic geography of Africa by creating the African Common Market. The...Read More