A two-day workshop titled “Capacity Building in Digitalization and Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Traders” was successfully conducted. The workshop aimed to empower traders by equipping them with essential digital tools and strategies to…
On 8 April 2024, As a part of the outreach activities of the WTO Chairs Programme Nepal, a Design Thinking Workshop was conducted under the project titled “Trade Capacity Building of Tourism Entrepreneurs.” The workshop was organized for the…
On May 19, 2024, the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) Nepal at Kathmandu University School of Management hosted a high-level panel discussion titled “20 Years of Nepal’s Accession to the WTO: What Have We Achieved? And What Is the Way Forward?” The…
The Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) hosted a guest lecture titled “Nepal's Graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) Status and its Relationship with the World Trade Organization (WTO),” drawing a diverse audience of…
This year, Prof Carli Bezuidenhout, represented South Africa at the 2025 Annual Conference of the WTO Chairs Programme at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, on behalf of Dr Adelia Jansen van Rensburg, Chair of the… …
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…
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…
On 10th January 2025, a Workshop on Capacity Building for Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD), Special Panel on “The Melting of Himalayan Glaciers: Revisiting Climate Change Accountability in view of Recent International Developments” was…
On 25 February 2025, Prof David Luke delivered a public lecture which attracted more than 300 International Trade students, academics, and members of the public. The lecture, titled “How Africa Trades,” explored Africa’s rapidly evolving…
In 2025, Dr. Adelia Jansen van Rensburg, WTO–WCP Chair at the North-West University, deepened cooperation between the School of Economic Sciences and the International Trade Law specialists in NWU’s Faculty of Law. This growing partnership…