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

The impact of TRAPCA is not only felt in beneficiary countries but also in corridors of power shaping the destiny of the African continent. Above are TRAPCA alumni representing their countries （Botswana, Somalia and Kenya）in AfCFTA negotiations currently on course in Accra, GhanaRead More

On Saturday, 30th April 2022, the East African Business Council paid a courtesy visit to Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA). CEO Mr. John Bosco Kalisa led discussions with Dr. Caiphas Chekwoti and Tsotetsi Makong from Trapca on boosting EAC economic growth via regional, continental and international trade. Mr. John Bosco Kalisa committed to...Read More

In the context of the WTO Chairs programme, trapca by virtue of being a new WTO Chairs Programme member joined over 70 participants ranging from WTO secretariat, WTO Chairs Programme board members and universities from all regions of the world. During the course of this trapca is poised to carry out research covering the following...Read More

Congratulations Dr. Jacob Kotcho on your new appointment as the Director of the Common Market of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). We wish you much success and happiness in your new role. #eccas #trapca #esami #trapcaalumni #alumni #leaders #appointmentRead More

Dr.Caiphas Chekwoti is the Head of Centre at Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA), he has been instrumental in providing advanced training in trade policy, tools for trade policy analysis, trade in services, intellectual property, regional integration and trade facilitation as part of the tailored and academic components of the MSc in international trade...Read More

Meet Tsotetsi Makong, Trade Facilitation Expert, Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa. Previously he was counsellor at the Lesotho Mission in Geneva and chair of WTO Committees on Trade Related Investment Measures and Import Licensing, Coordinator and Chief negotiator of G77 and China Geneva Chapter, expert level Coordinator and Chief Negotiator of the African Group on...Read More