Category: AfCFTA

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…

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says the AfCFTA will promote intra-African trade by 52 per cent by the year 2022. By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi Copyright…

Stephen Karingi, ECA’s Director for Regional Integration and Trade spoke to The New Times’ James Karuhanga, shedding light on what is expected between now…

Ethiopia’s ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was received with much applause as a significant step towards effecting the…

Oramah argues that there are immense opportunities from the AfCFTA, which are; to transform the structure of the Nigeria economy and other African economies,…

It is estimated that the Continental Free Trade Area will increase intra-African trade by over 50 per cent, and boost the continent’s GDP by more than $40 billion.

A year after the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was…

TWENTY-ONE countries have already ratified the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) agreement, billed as the largest free trade agreement that will allow…

ECA’s Stephen Karingi shares on AfCFTA agreement progress- An unanticipated problem was encountered, check back soon and try again- CNBC Africa…

African finance ministers set to examine fiscal policies key to AfCFTA implementation. James Karuhanga By. James Karuhanga

Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the African Union Commission after heads of states signed the Africa free trade area agreements last year during the…

The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) could soon gather the minimum required ratifications to put it into effect. So far, 19 countries have…

Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could be detrimental to West African integration if all countries in this region fail to…

Egypt’s Parliament has approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, bringing the total approvals to 19, of which 15…

Egypt’s Parliament has approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, bringing the total approvals to 19, of which 15…

Gambia’s parliament on Tuesday approved the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), becoming the 22nd nation to do so, and effectively meeting…

Last year Namibia signed the trillion-dollar AfCFTA agreement, which requires members to remove tariffs from 90 percent of goods to allow free access to…

Last year, Namibia finally signed the trillion-dollar AfCFTA, which requires members to remove tariffs from 90 percent of goods to allow free access to commodities,…

If the AU Trade Observatory could be integral to helping the continent in making the right trade decisions, then the AfCFTA agreement will easily boost intra-African…

To date, 49 out of the 55 African Union (AU) member states, including Tanzania, have signed a Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose main objectives…

AfCFTA creates a single set of rules for trade and investment, essentially creating one play-book boosting African Unity, Business, Employment and Development.

The call comes at a time when members of the Africa Union (AU) are intensifying efforts for the realisation of the AfCFTA. Once established, the AfCFTA will bring…

Zambia is the 19th country to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). President Edgar Chagwa Lungu signed it yesterday in the presence…

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement likely will come into force in the coming weeks, he said.”I hope that the six countries that have not…

Mr Tei Konzi, Commissioner in-charge of Trade and Free Movement at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has said it is expected that…

Ethiopia is the latest country to approve the African Union’s Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA pact after the cabinet passed the deal on Saturday, the…

AfCFTA: 18 down 4 to go, the dream is finally becoming a reality- Even though 44 countries signed the agreement, it only needs 22 ratifications to…

AfroChampions board chairman Ali Mufuruki, and TMEA CEO Frank Matsaert (right) following the signing of the agreement to support the CFTA process. Net.

Okechukwu Enelamah, yesterday said the committee set up by the federal government to review the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would conclude…

The African Union has challenged countries from North Africa to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA), which is short of 4…

The Presidency disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. The AfCFTA seeks to remove all forms of restrictions to trade and investment flows within the African continent…

The AfCFTA will create a single set of rules for trade and investment among all African countries [involved] and provides legal certainty for traders and investors…