缅北禁地

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Free Trade Area

Free Trade Area

Comoros has huge untapped investment potential

Francois Xavier Batalingaya, the 缅北禁地Resident Coordinator in Comoros, says the country could benefit significantly from Africa’s free trade area
Linda Chepkwony
Free Trade Area

AfCFTA: A young trader’s continental dreams coming true

Thirty-year-old Kenyan entrepreneur Linda Chepkwony wants to mobilise young Africans to help industrialize the continent through free trade pact
Female worker picking figs at plantation
Free Trade Area

AfCFTA: The environmental case for the continental free trade area

Africa’s single market could drive less energy-intensive economic growth while keeping greenhouse gas emissions low
Women in field in Senegal.
Free Trade Area

New project to help operationalize AFCFTA in eight countries

It will support the implementation of more than 30 activities in Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia
Free Trade Area

Celebrating African podcasting and storytelling

Africa Renewal Podcast launched to highlight issues pertinent to the continent
Happy owner processing order from a customer
Free Trade Area

Key pillars mostly?in place to?speed up?Africa's?free trade in 2022

One year in, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) negotiators are making progress on remaining crucial elements, especially on rules of origin.
Commissioning and handover of the AfCFTA secretariat headquarters
Free Trade Area

AfCFTA Secretariat commissioned in Accra as free trade is set to begin in January 2021

A flagship project of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the African Continental Free Trade Area creates a market of 1.2 billion people with a combined GDP of $3 trillion.
New technologies and business models are creating a mass market
Free Trade Area

Africans must explore opportunities in digital trade

— African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Chief Wamkele Mene
Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area  Secretariat (AfCFTA)
Free Trade Area

Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa

— Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)
Podcast