Mayor’s Private Sector Conference

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Nigeria, others lose $5 billion yearly to intra-African trade bottlenecks

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The Chief Executive Officer, Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) Afreximbank, Mike Ogbalu, has stated that African businesses lose over $5 billion every year to charges, payments and other related costs to intra-African trade barriers. He…

Local Firms Urged to Tap into AfCFTA

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Local businesses have been urged to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to open themselves up to the opportunities available on the continent. Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) executive director,…

Kagame Pushes For AfCFTA Full Realisation at WEF

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President Paul Kagame has said that even with the current trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, there is need to tackle a number of things, especially non-tariff barriers. The head of state was speaking in…

2022 WTPO Conference: AfCFTA eyes continent’s $450 million untapped SME market

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The 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations Conference has opened in Accra with a high panelled forum which is focused on leveraging the economic potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for inclusive growth. Speaking at the Conference…

AfCFTA: Why regional support is crucial for effective implementation

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In order to support the implementation processes of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) need to make informed choices about how to reap the benefits presented by the agreement, while at the…

PACCI held a meeting with the CEO of African Union Development Agency – NEPAD Mrs. Nardos Bekele – Thomas.

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PACCI held a meeting with the CEO of African Union Development Agency - NEPAD Mrs. Nardos Bekele - Thomas. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a socio-economic flagship Programme of the African Union (AU). NEPAD’s…

2022 WTPO Conference: AfCFTA eyes continent’s $450 million untapped SME market

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The 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations Conference has opened in Accra with a high panelled forum which is focused on leveraging the economic potential of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for inclusive growth. Speaking at the Conference…

Progress made on AfCFTA National and Regional Strategies in over 40 countries and RECs

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The ECA’s Sub-Regional Offices (SROs) worked with more than 40 Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in 2021 on implementing national and regional strategies for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The…

New tool to measure ease of inter-Africa trade launched

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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Sunday, May 15, launched the first-ever comprehensive tool that measures how easy, or hard, it is to do business between African countries. The AfCFTA Country Business Index (ACBI) has three key…

Pan-African coffee summit ends with pledge to boost trade in the commodity

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A three-day African coffee summit ended Friday evening in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with delegates pledging to upscale trade in the commodity across the continent. More than 500 delegates who attended the summit noted that intra-Africa trade…