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Same springtime hydro-politics
As Ethiopia marks the fourth year of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Egyptian government persists in obstructing Ethiopia’s endeavors to escape from extreme poverty and embark on…
Addis Ababa’s Chronic Urban Water Supply: The Ticking Time Bomb
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing cities in Africa. The city is the seat of the African Union’s headquarters, with a significant presence…
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): A Lose-Lose for United States Global Trade and Cooperation
Background Ethiopian Airlines was established on December 30, 1945 by Emperor Haile Selassie with assistance from American owned company Trans World Airlines (TWA). This early beginning was a landmark step…
The GERD is everything that Africa aspires for!
If we do not approach the problems in Africa with a common front and a common purpose, we shall be haggling and wrangling among ourselves until we are colonized…
The Elephant in The Room: What is behind the stalled GERD Negotiation and how should it move forward?
Every roadblock in the tripartite negotiation between Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Sudan leads to one issue: Nile water use allocation. Both Egypt and Sudan are adamant on showing even a…
Figure of the week: The AfCFTA's effects on trade and wages in Africa
The report also argues that the AfCFTA can, in the short term, mitigate some of the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting regional…
AfCFTA: Nigeria is more ready than most African economies - Yewande Sadiku
Yewande Sadiku, CEO of Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) says Nigeria is more ready for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) due to…
SACU treads with care on AfCFTA
Chairperson of the SACU Ministers of Trade and Industry, South Africa’s Ebrahim Patel told his colleagues that,”The AfCFTA raises a number of questions that go…
AfCFTA e-commerce and digital trade to be fast-tracked
The AfCFTA aims to bolster intra-African commerce agreements by lowering or eliminating cross-border tariffs on 90% of goods, facilitating the movement of capital…
AfCFTA: How is it going to work & what agreements are needed?
AfCFTA: How is it going to work & what agreements are needed?- An unanticipated problem was encountered, check back soon and try again- CNBC Africa…
AfCFTA need policies for unchecked movement of people and
With the recent signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Zambian Minister of Tourism and Arts, Ronald Kaoma Chitotela…
AfCFTA can assist South Africa in exporting goods to more African regions
While the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) may provide African countries, including South Africa, with an opportunity to expand their…
Border delays in Kenya-Tanzania trade a warning sign for AfCFTA
Border delays in Kenya-Tanzania trade a warning sign for AfCFTA- Officials say that even in a free-trade area, goods crossing borders must be checked by…
Xenophobic attacks: threat to AfCFTA - Expert
AfCFTA seeks to create a single continental market for goods and services as well as a customs union with free movement of capital and business travellers.
Nigeria hosts National African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Forum on the "Effective Implementation of the AfCFTA for Industrialization and Inclusive Economic Development"
The AfCFTA entered into force on 30 May 2019 having been ratified by the required 22 countries. Currently, 54 countries have signed, and 27 countries have…
AfCFTA: Officials push for all member states to ratify free trade deal
The AfCFTA agreement came into force in May 2019 after ratification from 27 countries. Of the 55 African countries, 54 have signed the agreement, with only…
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) under spotlight as Nigeria hosts national forum on historic agreement
This AfCFTA Forum will bring together the private sector in Nigeria to afford them the opportunity to learn how to best leverage the opportunities within the AfCFTA.
Malawi hosts AfCFTA sensitisation workshops in Lilongwe
The Ministry of Trade and Tourism in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission (AUC) have organised AfCFTA…
Nigerian risk post-AfCFTA dumping, MAN warns
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which is a trade agreement between 44 African Union member-states É
AfCFTA, partenariato con Arabia Saudita su lotta a
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Egypt's House Speaker, Deputies Receive AfCFTA Secretary-General
Hanafi Gibali, Speaker of the House of Representatives received on Tuesday Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area É
AfCFTA provides enormous opportunities in 2021, experts say -
Rewane said that AfCFTA would also provide huge opportunity to boost non-oil export earnings in Nigeria.”It will also create an open path to resuscitate idle…
Figure of the week: Momentum in trade going into the AfCFTA era
Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) commenced just two weeks ago. Many academics, policymakers, and business leaders are…
How AfCFTA will decrease conflict by increasing youth
Africa’s quest to foster pan-Africanism and integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could be futile unless deliberate steps are made…
Africa in the news: AfCFTA launches, Africa secures COVID-19 vaccines, and Niger and the Central African Republic vote
After a six-month delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trade kicked off under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2021.
Tariff reduction schedules will be finalised by July, AfCFTA tells members
African countries began officially trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1, after months of delays caused by the global…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); A key to
Read full article at Africanews English January 14, 2021
AfCFTA Secretariat announces partnership to eradicate
The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) announced a partnership initiative that envisaged…
ECO/AfCFTA: ECOWAS sets new guidelines on single
On the other hand, the Heads of State of the Sub-Regional Organization also discussed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Initially scheduled to…
AfCFTA takes effect but lifting non-tariff barriers will prove
Read full article at Global Trade Review (GTR) January 13, 2021
What will Nigeria be exporting under AfCFTA?
After many years of negotiations, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came into effect at the beginning of this year. While the trade deal appears to…
The latest on the plans for the AfCFTA | Global Trade Review
Read full article at Global Trade Review (GTR) January 4, 2021
AfCFTA: What Nigerian businesses must do to export to
The AfCTA plans to establish a single market, boost competitiveness among African countries, deepen economic integration and, according to the United Nations…
Malawi deposits AfCFTA ratification to AU - Xinhua | English
Malawi on Friday deposited its Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) ratification instrument to the African…
AfCFTA holds 'immense potential' for Africa, says WEF report
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds”immense potential” for the social and economic development of Africa, as renewing the rules of trade…
AfCFTA status: Ghana celebrates first export, Nigeria border
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was established to create a seamless environment for trade across the Africa Union’s member nations. It…
EAC seeks support to reap more AfCFTA benefits
East African Community member countries have engaged the services of the Economic Commission for Africa to come up with a policy that will ensure that the…
AfCFTA: Member countries agree on nearly 90% of rules of
The AfCFTA, which officially came into force on January 1, 2021, seeks to establish a single market for the whole continent, bringing together 1.3 billion potential…
Tap into AfCFTA market, horticultural exporters told
The AfCFTA commenced trading on January 1, 2021. The country’s trade development and promotion agency, ZimTrade in a statement has said because South…
AfCFTA: What are Rwanda's export-ready products? | The
Cross-border trucks transports goods from Dar-es-Salaam to Kigali. Trading under the AfCFTA was scheduled to commence on January 1, 2021. Craish Bahizi.
ESPECIAL: Acuerdo comercial AfCFTA ofrece nuevas
La actividad comercial del crea de Libre Comercio Continental Africana (AfCFTA) comienza hoy viernes, lo que la convierte en la…
Need to look at AfCFTA from a gender lens
The AfCFTA presents expanded markets and it is through trade liberalisation that opportunities will be created for women to integrate into global supply chains…
Private sector key to AfCFTA success and Africa's recovery
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 January 2021 (ECA) – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can help drive the continent’s economic recovery from the…
Access Bank seeks presence in eight African countries to tap
NSE: Nigeria market extends slide amid 29% drop in trade volume- Nigerian Govt raised ‘N2.- AfCFTA: What Nigerian businesses must do to export…
Ghana well prepared to lead AfCFTA implementation
Speaking at an AfCFTA business forum late Tuesday, the president said policies introduced by the government over the past four years positioned the country to…
AfCFTA: Customs Awaits NAC Directives on Tariffs, Waivers
The customs’ clarification came amidst concerns over the seeming tardiness and preparedness of Nigeria to hit the ground running following the launch of AfCFTA…
The Morning AfCFTA: How New Trade Agreement Will Make
It was phase one of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) being adopted by African Union (AU) heads of state and government at its 10th…
NAFDAC DG urges MSMEs to leverage on AFCFTA to expand
The AFCFTA Agreement, which covers Trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property, Rights and competition policy, aims to create a single market…
President Akufo-Addo, 10 others for AfCFTA awards
Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Host of the AUC. 5. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, host of the AfCFTA Secretariat. 6. Professor…
Ghana freights first AfCFTA cargo - Xinhua | English.news.cn
Ghana freighted its first consignments of goods under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), officials disclosed…
AfCFTA to boost jobs
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will create jobs in Africa, President of the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry,…
Nigeria not ready for AfCFTA, says APFFLON boss
Divergent reactions have continued to trail Nigeria’s move to boost its international trade with the the flag-off of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
AfCFTA: Nigeria Customs raises concern over non-inclusion in rules of origin
The AfCFTA founded in 2018, with 54 participating African countries commenced trade officially in Jan 1. The free-trade area is the largest in the world in terms of…
Egypt supports AfCFTA to achieve economic integration in Africa: Shoukry
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met, on Wednesday, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene,…
Lessons learned at Beitbridge critical to AfCFTA success, says transport bodies
This is especially critical in light of implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on January 1. The call comes from the Federation of…
10 African Leaders to be recognized for Exceptional
AfCFTA, the world’s largest free trade area, has the potential to transform the continent with its potential market of 1.2 billion people and combined GDP of around…
MAN demands protection of local industries under AfCFTA
He added that the commencement of the AfCFTA in January further accentuates the need for SON’s presence and inspections at the entry points to prevent Nigeria…
President Kagame Receives AfCFTA Award - KT PRESS
AfCFTA, the largest free trade area in the world, began trading on 1 January 2021 and is expected to speed up African recovery and to enhance its resilience by…
AfCFTA to offer 1.5 bn jobs, achieve trade exchange worth
The AfCFTA agreement is merging 54 African countries of 1.3 billion people in one market within an economic bloc with a combined GDP of $3.4 trillion, according…
OPINION | The AfCFTA can be a game-changer for SA, its
One continent, 1.3 billion people and 54 nations. The African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is the world’s largest free trade area and an agreement that will…
East Africa: EAC Seeks Support to Reap More AfCFTA Benefits
East African Community member countries have engaged the services of the Economic Commission for Africa to come up with a policy that will ensure that the…
Pasar Bebas (AfCFTA) di Afrika Berlaku, Total Nilai Dagang US$3,4 Triliun
JAKARTA Perjanjian kerja sama pasar bebas di Afrika resmi berlaku, Jumat, setelah pelaksanaannya ditunda selama beberapa bulan akibat…
Nigeria: Manufactures want SON positioned for AfCFTA implementation
According to him, the commencement of the AfCFTA further underscores the need for SON’s presence at the entry points to prevent Nigeria from being turned into…
AfCFTA. Entra in vigore l'accordo di libero scambio nel
Read full article at Notizie Geopolitiche January 4, 2021
AfCFTA: Trade Ministry should develop a synthesis to summarise all items negotiated - NANTS
NANTS has urged the Trade Ministry to develop a synthesis that summarises all items negotiated on the AfCFTA to clarify implementation.
AfCFTA: OPS Pledges to Collaborate with FG
She said:”Our members have to know and be educated about the AfCFTA. There is a lot we as the leaders of the organised private sector are trying to knowÉ
AfCFTA: MAN seeks SON's positioning at borders
According to him, the commencement of AfCFTA further underscores the need for SON’s presence at the entry points to prevent Nigeria from being turned into a…
AfCFTA: Experts, traders call for robust participation of women and youth
THE Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr Wamkele Mene, has, since assuming office in March 2020, persistently…
Cameroon sensitizes economic operators on the opportunities presented by the AfCFTA
As a reminder, the AfCFTA (which came into force on January 1, 2021) aims to boost intra-African trade. It, therefore, opens a large market of about 1.2 billion…
Nail Olpak: ÒAfCFTA anla_masõyla, yeni fõrsatlara ve blgesel yatõrõmlara odaklanmalõyõzÓ
DE_K Ba_kanõ Nail Olpak, 1 Ocak 2021Õde yrrl_e giren Afrika Kõtasal Serbest Ticaret Blgesi (AfCFTA) anla_masõnõ, Trkiye ile Afrika lkeleri ticari ili_kileri aõsõndan de_erlendirdi
Al via lÕAfCFTA, da oggi lÕAfrica lÕarea di libero scambio pi grande del Pianeta
Da oggi, con l’entrata in vigore dell’African Continental Free Trade Area, l’Africa diventa l’area di libero scambio pif grande del Pianeta: 1,2 miliardi di persone e…
Richard Kyereh: AfCFTA will be ineffective without a Single African Air Transport Market
After decades of thoughts and years of postponement, finally, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is up and running, affording all African countries,…
AGI urges government to empower businesses for AfCFTA and post-Covid recovery
AGI urges government to empower businesses for AfCFTA and post-Covid recovery. 5 January 2021 1:32pm. Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has taken note…
AfCFTA: Ecobank Pledges to Facilitate Payments for Customers
He reiterated that the bank’s platform could be scaled to accommodate other African countries under the AfCFTA based on their respective regulations. According…
What AfCFTA's launch means for Zimbabwe
The AfCFTA seeks to boost intra-African trade by 52% from the current 18% by 2022; through reducing cross-border tariffs on 90% of goods, enabling the…
BoG Governor demands measures to help businesses
Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. Ernest Addison says the commencement of operations of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) requires the…
Digital transformations and AfCFTA as critical imperatives for the rebound of African economies
Technological transformations through digitization as well as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) are considered as quite critical in…
Namibia's customs administrations set to play pivotal role in
Namibia is excited by the recent launch of the AfCFTA which is brimful of opportunities to strengthen intra-Africa trade, regional and continental value chains,…
Nigeria: Analysts Project Nigerian Banks to Emerge Highest
With the commencement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on January 1, 2021, analysts and stakeholders have expressed…
AfCFTA and Dangote's refinery will make fuel cheaper
AfCFTA and Dangote’s refinery will make fuel cheaper, Energy Consultant- 14th Jan 2021 | Source: Citi Newsroom- The riser platform stands on the Johan…
AfCFTA: Support pharmaceutical sector to leverage on growth
By and large the sector is dependent on imports for active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, equipment and machinery, which raises legitimate policy…
Access Bank repositions digital payment to reap AfCFTA gains
Access Bank’s planned expansion to eight African countries will come with huge gains from the 1.3 billion people targeted in the African Continental Free Trade…
Nigeria: Traders task trade ministry on synopsis for proper implementation of AfCFTA
Ukaoha commended the management of the AfCFTA, especially the preparations for implementation of the agreement under the leadership of the minister, as the…
Former GIFF president calls for freight forwarders to be
The Executive Director of the AfCTFA Policy Network, Louis Yaw Afful commended Ghana for making a good strive by setting up the Local AfCFTA Coordination…
AfCFTA, un sogno panafricano che intende superare gli spazi angusti dei confini coloniali
L’anno che si chiude in Africa e’ stato l’anno del sessantesimo anniversario delle indipendenze africane. Il 1960 non e’ solo l’anno delle indipendenze,…
AfCFTA is the most important initiative introduced by AU
In January 2021, the trading phase under the AfCFTA which was signed by 54 African countries commenced. The general objectives of the agreement include,…
AfCFTA: Consider stimulus package for local businesses
The Chamber’s president, Clement Osei-Amoako, made the call in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM. He stressed that the takeoff of the AfCFTA meant that…
AFCFTA: FG pushes ECOWAS brown card scheme
As Nigeria settles down to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AFCFTA, the Federal Government, FG, is pushing for the full…
Will the AfCFTA work for Ghana? - Analyst asks
Will the AfCFTA work for Ghana? – Analyst asks. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 Source: Kwadwo Poku, Contributor. Many a times our leaders in Africa agree on novelty ideas…
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Nigerian banks strong to facilitate AfCFTA - CIBN boss
Olugbemi gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.”Eventually the AfCFTA became effective January this…
Lessons from Beitbridge delays critical for AfCFTA
Lessons from Beitbridge delays critical for AfCFTA. Jan 4, 2021. Transport and freight bodies are calling on government for a public-private partnership (PPP) to…
Transit-in-AfCFTA: 'Review port charges to entice Sahelian
Ghana’s strong value proposal as the gateway to the Sahel region must be complemented with a review of its port fees and charges and the elimination of…
Nigeria: Dangote Leveraging Expansion Under AfCFTA
With many countries strategising for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that kicked off at the beginning of this month, Dangote Industries Limited,…
Covidnomics: Ghana ports, the future of African Continental Free Trade (AFCFTA)
Covidnomics: Ghana ports, the future of African Continental Free Trade (AFCFTA). By Atta Takyi || Policy Analyst. Business Features…
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Theo pho_ng vin TTXVN ta_i Cairo, T_ng th__ng Ai C_p Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi ngy 17/1 kh__ng _i_nh qu__c gia B__c Phi ny s__n sng h__ tr__ chuyn mn __ gip thc…
Empower businesses for AfCFTA and post-COVID recovery
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has hailed the government’s support for the private sector over the years, although it believes more should be done to…
AfCFTA: Assessing the preparedness of Rwanda's private sector
The private sector is a key stakeholder and beneficiary of the African Continental Free Trade Area. But how ready are they to commit fully to trading and investing…
Alan Kyeremanten best person for Trade Ministry as AfCFTA
The umbrella trade body in the country, the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) says it welcomes the president’s nomination of Alan Kyeremanten as…