The Business & Financial Times

AfCFTA shifts from policy to action

Mene outlines implementation priorities for next 5yrs Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene has announced that the African ...
Business Day

Driving intra-africa trade by harnessing Geographical Indications (GIs) through NIPPS under the AfCFTA IP protocol

The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment has launched NIPPS to modernize its intellectual property framework, ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Positioning Africa as an Intra-Regional Trade Hub: African Energy Week in Cape Town to Hold a Real Conversation on the Challenges and Opportunities Presented by the AfCFTA

African Energy Week 2021 urges African countries to take advantage of the benefits brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, using cross-border trade opportunities to enhance ...
The Nation Newspaper

Customs, AfCFTA strengthen partnership

Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to work closely with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat ...
The Nation Newspaper

Fed Govt set for AfCFTA’s preferential terms, says Oduwole

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 ...
World Finance

Africa’s missed opportunity?

Historically, Africa has been consistent in creating a pattern of pursuing integration through grand masterplans. Many have remained just plans on paper due to mediocre implementation. A similar trend ...
The Business & Financial Times on MSN

AfCFTA member states advance digital trade integration

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) concluded its Tenth Meeting of the Committee on Digital Trade in Nairobi, marking four days of substantive discussions aimed at accelerating ...
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NACCIMA backs Sea Express to drive AfCFTA goals

From Aniekan Aniekan, CalabarPresident, Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Jani Ibrahim, has thrown his weight behind Sea Express, describing the ...
Naija Gist - Latest

African Union Commission inaugurates African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) permanent secretariat as launchpad for Africa’s economic transformation

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 ...
Global Voices Online

AfCFTA economic integration initiative aims to create free trade area in Africa

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 ...
eturbonews

African Travel Commission to Host Pan-African Tourism Summit in Lagos to Advance AfCFTA, Visas, and Open Skies

Lagos will host Africa’s Pan-African Tourism Summit in February 2026, bringing leaders together to link tourism with AfCFTA, visa liberalization, and Open Skies. The event aims to turn political ...