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Since the official commencement of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2021, the AfCFTA has been reshaping African economies, creating a single market for goods and services thereby gradually repositioning Africa’s status in global trade agenda.   By Stephen Enoch To this end, trade…

President Lazarus Chakwera of the Republic of Malawi cum chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Tuesday delivered the keynote address (via video conferencing) at Series 2 of the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS), holding between 19th and 22nd of October in Accra, Ghana.   By Adam Alqali…

An African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) delegation is currently in Uganda for the conduct of a targeted review in the country focused on three thematic clusters, namely Underdevelopment of Agriculture; Unresponsive Civil Service; and Underdevelopment of Infrastructure.     Other than its mandated reviews, APRM conducts targeted reviews on specific…

Series 2 of the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) is set to hold between 19th and 22nd of October in Accra, Ghana, under the theme: “Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giants in the Implementation of Regional Economic Commissions (RECs) and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and Leveraging Strategic Opportunities for…

Emmanuel K Bensah Jr. is head of media and communications for the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS), focused on fostering private sector-academia relations under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)     By Adam Alqali   Newspage: Series 1 of the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS) was themed: “Doing…

To foster intra-African electronic trade amongst women and youths under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) and the African Electronic Trade (AeTrade) Group last week, jointly launched Sokokuu, Africa’s premier e-commerce portal, to traders in COMESA region.     By Stephen…

DEADLINE: September 16, 2021.   The AfCFTA Continental Youth Essay Competition is intended to Amplify Continental Mobilization, Awareness, Engagement, and Participation of African young people between the ages of 18 and 35 years in the Popularization and Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA).     As part…

Safiyya Daba, a Nigerian amateur photographer cum techie, was one of the winners at the recently held Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Awards, an initiative of African Women in Media (AWiM), in collaboration with African Union and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ/GmbH)     By Adam Alqali   When Safiyya…

DEADLINE OF 30 SEPTEMBER, 2021 AT 23:59hrs CAT or 21:59hrs GMT     ABOUT THE COMPETITION The Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),  the International…

There is little doubt that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the golden keys to unlocking the continent’s long-term economic prosperity. The free trade area has been a long time in the making, and there are still considerable hurdles to overcome, not least of which is…