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A recently released report has now attested to the negative impact of AfCFTA. The report stated that the trade agreement among African countries will cause a…

‘Nigeria Needs Strong Airlines to Benefit from AfCFTA’. editorAugust 9, 2019 2:09 Am. Chinedu Eze. The new Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Hon.

Intra-African trade remains low compared with other major regions such as the EU and Asia. AfDB offers $4.8 million financial support for AfCFTA. By Our…

The debate was organised by African Rebirth, an initiative started by Enoch Tumwine that started the inter-University debates.”When you look at Africa, in general,…

The AfroChampions Initiative has launched a private sector investment framework to secure financing for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

On July 7 this year, AfCFTA was operationalized during the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger. The continent’s single market is…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is likely to yield significant benefits for higher education and professional labour mobility on the continent once it…

Clad in his signature all-white agbada with corresponding cap, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, signed the African Continental Free Trade Area…

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Prime Minister Dr Edouard Ngirente said that the AfCFTA, which was operationalized on July 7 at the 12th Extraordinary…

Intra-African agricultural exports are mainly palm oil, sugar, maize, rice, and cigarettes. Conceptually, the agreement establishing the AfCFTA was signed at the…

Amidst controversy over the benefits of Nigeria’s signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi…

WINDHOEK – Chinese ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming yesterday said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is ‘an important milestone’ in…

Windhoek – Namibia-Zimbabwe bilateral co-operation should play a positive role in the operationalisation of the African Continent Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)…

The AfCFTA Agreement, which creates a single market for goods and services and movement of persons to increase intra-African trade and deepen African…

With Nigeria signing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, what are the benefits? Arguably the continent’s most ambitious integration…

The alarming concerns about how the EU Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) could undermine the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ought to…

Anna Okon. The President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Mansur Ahmed, has tasked members of the association on product upgrade ahead of the…

COMESA banks on Pres. Kenyatta’s support for success of AfCFTA. By. PSCU.

Africa and Ghanaians were thrilled with the news of the operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on the 7th of July…

As countries begin to implement AfCFTA, regional and continental trade, their markets will become more integrated and it will be easier for companies to integrate…

“This will make them derive benefits from the boom in intra-African trade under AfCFTA,” he said. Spio-Garbrah said there was a need for the manufacturing firms…

Palm producers, rice stakeholders express worry over Nigeria’s approval of AfCFTA. By Femi Ibirogba | 15 July 2019 | 3:18 am. Stakeholders in the oil palm…

Hirut Zemene, Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, said Ethiopia, within the coming 15 years, will scale back 90 percent of tariffs for members of AfCFTA. The…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was officially launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) in Niamey, Niger last…

In Afrika gibt es jetzt die potenziell grf’dfte Freihandelszone der Welt. Doch die Liste der Probleme ist lang. Kann das Abkommen nachhaltig zur wirtschaftlichen…

ZAMBIA’S Ambassador to Ethiopia, His Excellency Emmanuel Mwamba says Zambia is committed to ensuring that it becomes a ratified Member of the African…

On a pan-African scale, the economic impact of AfCFTA will be significant… removing tariffs on intra-African trade will boost net income at the continental level by…

The AfCFTA is a trade agreement among 49 AU member states with the goal of creating a single market, followed by the free movement of people and a single-…

He added that, as part of its support for the implementation of the AfCFTA, the Bank had provided support to aid the work being done by the African Regional…

Morocco’s accession to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) does not imply a”recognition” of an entity that poses a threat to its territorial integrity…

Titled ‘Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the report argues that AfCFTA’s success will be measured largely by its ability to actually…

AFCFTA: Tax implications for Nigeria- An unanticipated problem was encountered, check back soon and try again- CNBC Africa Newsletters.

The new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will make its home in Ghana, a decision announced Sunday during an African Union summit in Niger…

It signed the AfCFTA in 2018 in Kigali and was the 22nd member of the AU to ratify it this year, thus bringing it into force for implementation. AU Chairman,…

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AfCFTA came into force on May 30 after 22 AU member states had ratified it. Afterwards, three other states submitted their instruments of ratification so that the total…

AU officials announced the launch of five “operational instruments” of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with African nations agreeing to shared “…

Nigeria y Ben’edn firmaron hoy el acuerdo que establece el crea de Libre Comercio Continental de frica (AfCFTA), dejando a Eritrea…

He also maintained that by signing the AfCFTA, the Nigerian economy was not in any way exposed to any economic or social hazards since the pact had all the…

Nigeria, the continent’s largest economy and most populous country, will finally sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement which aims…

A lot has been achieved since the AfCFTA agreement was opened for signature on 21st March, 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda and what is expected as the African Union…

During a two-day Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) regional Trade Forum on the Horn of Africa, the European Union (EU) has pledged it will grant…

The African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) entering into force is a laudable development, building on existing initiatives for regional integration and…

ECA regional director for Southern Africa Mr Said Adejumobi told delegates during the National Consultative Forum on the AfCFTA held in Harare from June 19 to…

Nearly a month after reports surfaced that Nigeria may be ready to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), President Muhammadu Buhari…

He made the remarks at the start of a two-day National Forum on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Zimbabwe on June 19, 2019. Mr.

In practical terms, AfCFTA seeks to create a single continental market for goods and services as well as a customs union with free movement of capital and…

President Buhari recalled that the Presidential Steering Committee on the AfCFTA Impact and Readiness Assessment Committee was inaugurated on October 22,…

AfCTA will be formally launched next month at the African Union Summit in Niger. While attending the opening ceremony of this year’s European Development…

Awareness among citizens and traders about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and ways to make the most of the deal may not be at…

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could receive a big boost before it is officially launched in July this year, following news that Nigeria, the É

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement is set to officially be launched when African leaders gather in Niger in July. Already, the agreement…

ZIMBABWE will fully implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the next 15 years once the country has fully industrialised…

A study that looked at the potential regional impacts of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement suggests that it’s Central Africa that stands…

The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) entered into force on May 30 2019, marking another milestone in the pan-African imperative of an…

African ministers pave way for AfCFTA operationalisation- African ministers of trade (AMOT) of the African Union met in Addis Ababa at the African Union…

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa stands to benefit the most from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), data from the African…

Seeing as Nigeria is yet to sign up to the agreement, how will the implementation of the AFCFTA impact Nigeria’s competitiveness with the rest of Africa? Nonso…

The eventual implementation of AfCFTA is predicated on the assumption that the reduction of tariff between African countries would increase intra-African trade by…

Pan African Movement (PAM) Rwanda Chapter members discuss the role of the youth in the implementation of AfCFTA in Kigali.

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement officially enters into force- Christina Golubski- Related Content- South Africa and Senegal take action…

As of April 29, 2019, 22 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement…

Die – wenigstens auf dem Papier – grf’dfte Freihandelszone der Welt wird am 30. Mai aus der Taufe gehoben. Dieses Datum verdanken die afrikanischen…

AfCFTA is expected to promote value addition and boost trade among regional economic communities. /File.

The AfCFTA is the continent’s most ambitious integration initiative. It aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of…

In his speech, Mahamat said that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) seeks to provide relevant answers to several issues including infrastructure,…

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23, Kenya has formally presented its bid to host the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Secretariat in Nairobi. Foreign…

AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat presents a copy of AfCFTA deal at the African Union Summit in Kigali in March 2018. File.

AfCFTA will contribute to bolstering intra-African trade and achieving higher economic and industrial growth rates for the continent, it stressed. The meeting…

A delegation from the African Union Continental Free Trade area (AfCFTA) arrived in Accra on Monday to assess Ghana’s bid to host its Secretariat. Ghana is…

The AfCFTA has crossed the ratification threshold, What’s next?

On Wednesday, the African Union (AU) set a one-month timeframe to activate the AfCFTA on May 30 as Sierra Leone and the Saharawi Republic deposited their…

The report attributes the increase in intra-regional trade to the development of regional economic communities (RECs), where tariffs are close to zero, over the last…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement is moving forward, with the addition of ratifications from two more members to reach the minimum…

The meeting largely observed that the AfCFTA is not simply a free trade agreement since it is about establishing a unified continental market with 1.2 billion…

AfCFTA is a planned free trade area outlined in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement among 49 of the 55 African Union (AU) nations. The 18th Ordinary…

The AfCFTA is also expected to enhance competitiveness at industry and enterprise levels through exploitation of opportunities for large-scale production,…

Africa Union Commission. Despite the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement by 22 countries,…

THE National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has warned the Federal Government against signing and implementing the African Continental Free…