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WCP Webinar Examines How Green Innovation and Governance Shape Firms’ Trade Participation

The WCP hosted a second Research Hub and Knowledge-Sharing Webinar on 16 December 2025, exploring how the adoption of green innovations affects firms’ engagement in international trade, and how governance quality influences these outcomes.…

NWU Economists and WTO-WCP Team Make Strong Contribution to ESSA’s 2025 Centenary Conference

The School of Economic Sciences at North-West University, together with researchers from the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP), proudly contributed to the 2025 Centenary Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA)—one of the country’s…

Prof David Luke Explores Africa’s Food Systems in Latest Book, How Africa Eats

Prof David Luke, Extraordinary Professor at North-West University (NWU) and a member of the WTO-WCP team, has released his latest book, How Africa Eats, which provides a detailed analysis of Africa’s food systems, agricultural trade, and food…

NWU WTO–WCP Leadership Celebrates the PhD Achievement of Dr. Marnel Ferreira

Dr. Marnel Ferreira completed her PhD in International Trade in June 2025, under the supervision of Dr. Adelia Jansen Van Rensburg (Promoter) and Dr. Lorainne Ferreira (Co-promoter), both of whom serve as senior academics and active contributors…

NWU WTO–WCP Team Celebrates the PhD Achievement of Dr. Tiroyaone Ambrose Sirang

Dr. Tiroyaone Ambrose Sirang obtained his PhD in International Trade in 2025. His doctoral research provides an important contribution to trade policy analysis in Southern Africa by assessing the potential economic impacts of a free trade…