Trade
AfCFTA: Reaping the benefits of the world’s most youth and women-friendly trade agreement
Priority must be given to investments in women and youth in all facets of the AfCFTA implementation arrangements
Free Trade Area
AfCFTA: A young trader’s continental dreams coming true
Thirty-year-old Kenyan entrepreneur Linda Chepkwony wants to mobilise young Africans to help industrialize the continent through free trade pact
Trade
Momentum builds for free movement under AfCFTA
Intra-African trade was largely stifled by stringent entry rules making it strenuous for citizens to move from one country to another
Trade
AfCFTA is key in cushioning African LDCs from external shocks
Current trade patterns have exposed Africa’s poorest to commodity price volatilities and global shocks due to current trading patterns
Trade
Private sector urged to “own and drive” Africa’s continental free trade
Africa’s private sector accounts for 80 per cent of total production, two-thirds of investment, three-quarters of credit, and employs 90 per cent of the working-age population
Trade
Africa’s free trade on track, more efforts needed
Buoyant year ahead as AfCFTA marks 2nd Anniversary
Economic Development
Ongoing regional infrastructure will boost free trade in Africa
— Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
Trade
Trade ties: Zambia and DRC sign cooperation Agreement to manufacture electric batteries, create jobs
Both countries are home to 80 percent of minerals required for production of electric car batteries.
Free Trade Area
New project to help operationalize AFCFTA in eight countries
It will support the implementation of more than 30 activities in Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia
Economic Development
AfCFTA: Africa’s transport sector to benefit from free trade
Business in Trade Road, rail, air, and maritime services to increase by 50%
Free Trade Area
Key pillars mostly?in place to?speed up?Africa's?free trade in 2022
One year in, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiators are making progress on remaining crucial elements, especially on rules of origin.
Economic Development
AfCFTA: Traders to have opportunities to scale up and expand their markets in 2022
Immediate priorities include finalising negotiations on rules of origin, providing a finance facility for SMEs and launching the African Trade Gateway digital platform.
Economic Development
One year of free trading in Africa calls for celebration despite teething problems
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA Secretariat, says significant progress expected in 2022.
Economic Development
Africa’s Free Trade Area to boost the creative industry, generate jobs for the youth
These include visual and performing arts, crafts, cultural festivals, photography, music, dance, film, fashion, video games, digital animation, publishing, architecture, and more.
Trade
Connecting Africans with Africans: How effective communication can help boost intra-African Trade
We need more channels of communication to connect African businesses and organisations
Economic Development
FAO: Agriculture will make or break free African trade
Changing agricultural food systems could unlock Africa's potential
Trade
Africans urged to trade more with each other
A 2021 study by the UN Economic Commission for Africa on regional integration says EU takes biggest share of African trade.
Trade
What Africa expects of the new WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
As Dr. Okonjo-Iweala takes office Africa seeks equitable COVID-19 vaccine access, support for free trade area, better market access and breaking of longstanding deadlocks.
