Tag: African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
AVOI 2023: Progress in visa openness in Africa to ease cross border travel, trade and regional integration
Africa is making strides in its visa openness policies boding well for cross-border travel, ease of movement, and trade...
Maximizing revenues from natural resources could yield big fiscal and environmental dividends for Africa
In a time of energy transition and rising demand for metals and minerals, resource-rich governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have...
Business support groups poised to drive African integration
Regional and continental business support organizations can help Africa’s private sector benefit from the continent’s free trade area, after...
Africa must urgently invest in economic recovery
Africa should deploy innovative resource mobilization and accelerate economic recovery from multiple crises which have eroded two decades of...
Africa must lead the charge on tackling poverty
Africa must lead the charge in mobilizing domestic resources to recover from multiple economic and social crises which have...
Investing in resilient internet will enhance inclusive, sustainable growth in Africa
African countries have been urged to invest in building resilient internet infrastructure to tap digital opportunities and accelerate social...
FAO and ITC’s renewed commitment empowers women agrifood traders in African Continental Free Trade Area
Many women producers, processors and traders in the agri-food sector in Africa face challenges when working in the informal...
Training helps more women in least developed countries benefit from trade
Women drive trade in the least developed countries (LDCs), with many running small businesses across borders. But they face...
AfCFTA is poised to revive economies of landlocked developing countries and small island developing states
The fundamental role of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in overcoming the particular challenges faced by Africa’s...
Effective AfCFTA implementation will boost Africa’s economy and global competitiveness
Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Antonio Pedro, has urged African nations to accelerate the...
AfCFTA presents an opportunity for Africa’s youth to accelerate trade and industrialization
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is an opportunity for young people to accelerate Africa’s industrialization and economic...
Implementing the AfCFTA agreement will boost intra-African trade and industrialization
The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be expedited as the free trade zone will...