Launched in March 2018 during the African Union (AU) summit in Kigali, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is moving at a snail’s pace on the ground. The stated objective is ambitious: ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a historic agreement between African Union member states that has the potential to transform the African continent. The AfCFTA is aimed at promoting ...

Africa is home to the world’s largest free trade agreement, in terms of number of countries, territory, and population – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Fifty-four of 55 African ...

The world’s largest trade bloc in terms of participating countries, is on the move. Years of over-reliance on exporting raw materials and importing finished goods have taught the continent a powerful ...

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole has disclosed that the government is ready to trade within Africa under the preferential terms of the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

At a ceremony on Monday to commission the permanent secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the AU ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – a landmark initiative to create a single continental market by reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers — is poised to significantly boost ...

Abuja — Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (FMITI) said it had taken concrete steps to ensure Nigeria's substantive readiness to trade within Africa under the preferential terms of the ...

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 ...

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Timi Frank, has urged African leaders to accelerate the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, ...

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 ...