Mayor’s Private Sector Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYjwT8ErH3U

African Development Bank, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Sign $11 Million Institutional Support Grant Agreement

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The African Development Bank Group and the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a Protocol of Agreement for an $11.24 million support package to enhance the Secretariat’s effective implementation. The…

AfCFTA Suffers Setback As Benin Republic Slams CFA9m On Nigeria-bound Transit Cargoes

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The AfCFTA is an ambitious trade pact to form the world’s largest free trade area by connecting almost 1.3bn people across the 54 African countries. The agreement aims to create a single market for goods and services in order to deepen the…

Kenya among 7 countries picked to pilot free continental trade

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Kenya is among seven countries selected to pilot the continental free trade area that seeks to unlock the movement of goods and services in Africa. The country has been picked among six other nations to start trading under the African…

Experts emphasize private sector’s role in unlocking AfCFTA benefits

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The fundamental role of the private sector in accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was highlighted at a high-level event jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Konrad…

Africa World Trade Network Launched

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On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, officials from the Ministry of Trade, diplomats and multi-faceted entrepreneurs converged on the Kempinski Hotel for the launch of the Africa World Trade Network (AWTN). The launch was held under the theme “Showcasing…

“Is it Africa’s time, or has the continent’s race been run” by RAJNEESH NARULA AND JON FOSTER PEDLEY.

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Is Africa still stretching on the sidelines, or is the continent finally out of the starting blocks in the race to shape the global economy? Many hope the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has fired the starter’s gun, but sceptics…

ECOWAS Regional Experts Meet on The Draft ECOWAS Common Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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The Eight (8th) Regional Meeting on the Trade in Services Protocol under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), was held virtually on 17th June 2022. The Regional meeting was preceded by a 3-day ECOWAS Commission Internal Technical…

AfCFTA could boost African incomes by 9%, says World Bank report

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Reforms set in motion by the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could lead to a rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) that would boost incomes on the continent by 9% by 2035, according to a new report from…

The African Education Trust Fund (AETF) makes inroads towards an eventual registration and successful launch

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The processes for the registration of the African Education Trust Fund (AETF) founded by the Association of African Universities, the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) and the African Private Sector Summit (APSS) has been…

AfCFTA: Policy questions and key next steps

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A Republican lawyer and 30th President of the United States of America, Calvin Coolidge, (1872-1933), once remarked that no enterprise can exist for itself alone, it ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself,…