Tag: African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
African Free Trade agreement to boost agriculture
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be a watershed for…
AU welcomes Nigeria ahead of AfCFTA kick-off
The African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Albert Muchanga, said in Addis Ababa on Friday that instruments signifying Nigeria’s…
Bank Backs AfCFTA With $1b
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says it is providing one billion dollars grant to African countries to support the implementation…
Buhari ready to sign AfCFTA
Nigeria will sign the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA Agreement in a few days time, leaving out only Benin…
49 AU members have signed free trade pact – Kagame
Forty-nine out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement,…
AfCFTA: Zambia still conducting internal negotiations in the agreement
Zambia did not sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as it was still conducting internal negotiations on some…
African leaders sign agreement establishing continental free trade area
African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of…
African heads of state meet in Kigali to launch free trade area
An extraordinary session of the African Union (AU) heads of state and government on Wednesday kicked off in Rwanda’s capital…
Obasanjo backs Intra-Africa trade for continent’s economic development
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has stressed the importance of intra-African trade for Africa’s economic development.
AU chairperson believes increased intra-trade will create prosperity
Benefits from increased intra-trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are tools for creating prosperity for every African,…