The African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, is a continent-wide trade pact aimed at tearing down barriers to commerce among African countries. It is focused on trade liberalisation across ...

The continent's most electrified nations, concentrated largely in North Africa but including South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya, boast higher urbanization rates, attract more investment, and foster more ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a major opportunity for African countries to bring 30 million people out of extreme poverty and to raise the incomes of 68 million others who ...

The main objective of the webinar is to provide a platform to exchange views on ways and means to fully harness the potentials of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to support inclusive ...

The global economy is currently facing unprecedented challenges, including trade wars, disruptions in transport and logistics systems, shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions such as ...

Africa has few initiatives seeking to boost economic integration that benefit all countries on the continent. This is precisely what the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative aims to ...

The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is ...

With a view to stimulating an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, African governments are pushing ahead with plans to implement a continent-wide free trade zone, with a particular ...

Africa stands on the cusp of an economic transformation that promises to reshape its place in the global economy. Central to this vision are three powerful frameworks: the African Continental Free ...

Africa's free trade area started a year ago amid much fanfare. But its impact has been low amid the coronavirus pandemic and an economic downturn on the continent. The African Continental Free Trade ...