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Africa:
AU Extraordinary Summit - Ramaphosa's Major Step Towards the African Continental Free Trade Area
Daily Maverick, 22 March 2018
In an elaborate ceremony in the beehive-shaped Kigali Convention Centre, 44 African Union member states signed an agreement on an African free trade area. President Cyril Ramaphosa… Read more »
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Africa:
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat at the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union On AfCFTA
New Times, 22 March 2018
Excellency President Paul Kagame, Current Chairman of the African Union, Read more »
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Africa:
Continental Free Trade Facing Slow Road, Many Challenges
VOA, 22 March 2018
Handshakes, smiles and jubilation accompanied the long-awaited launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area on Wednesday in Rwanda's capital, Kigali. Read more »
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Africa:
Egypt to Host First Intra-African Trade Fair
New Times, 22 March 2018
The first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) is set to be held in Cairo in December 2018, officials announced yesterday, following the signing of the hosting agreement between… Read more »
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South Africa:
Ramaphosa - Borders 'Need to Be Open for Africans to Move Freely'
News24Wire, 22 March 2018
South Africa's borders need to be open for people - particularly Africans - to move more freely and to promote business, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Read more »
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Africa:
President Cyril Ramaphosa Welcomes AU Africa Free Trade Area
Govt of SA, 21 March 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the historic adoption by the African Union of an Agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a new beginning for the… Read more »
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Africa:
Trade Deal Will Make Continent More Competitive - Kagame
New Times, 21 March 2018
The African Union chairperson, President Paul Kagame, has said signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (CFTA) and more intra-Afra trade will not lessen… Read more »
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Africa:
Speaker of Pan-African Parliament Backs Trade Deal
New Times, 21 March 2018
The Speaker of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Roger Nkodo Dang, yesterday described the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as the next salvation for Africa… Read more »
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South Africa:
Ramaphosa Welcomes New Continental Free Trade Agreement
News24Wire, 21 March 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the adoption by the African Union of an agreement of free trade on the continent as "a new beginning for the continent that will catapult… Read more »
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Rwanda:
U.S.$53 Million Deal to Boost Cross-Border Trade
New Times, 21 March 2018
Government and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) have renewed partnership aimed at accelerating cross- border trade. Read more »
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Rwanda:
South Africa to Lift Visa Restrictions for Rwandans
New Times, 21 March 2018
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in Kigali Tuesday that he is working with his Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame, to significantly improve the bilateral… Read more »
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Rwanda:
CFTA - If You Want to Walk Far, Walk Together
New Times, 21 March 2018
Ke Nako is a Tswanian word that means It's Time. Eight years ago, amidst the sounds of Vuvuzelas, this phrase made rounds, signaling that it was time for Africa, as the continent… Read more »
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Africa:
A Case for Smart African Continental Free Trade Area
New Times, 21 March 2018
When the sun sets on Kigali today, March 21, 2018, it will signal a new dawn for Africa. A new chapter in our continent's history that will be remembered by future generations as… Read more »
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Rwanda:
African Union Rallies Members Ahead of Landmark Trade Deal
New Times, 20 March 2018
The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has urged African countries to ratify and implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mnangagwa to Sign Free Trade Area Pact in Rwanda
New Zimbabwe, 19 March 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday left the country for Rwanda to attend the African Union Extraordinary Summit. Read more »
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Rwanda:
AU Summit - Heads of State Begin to Arrive
New Times, 19 March 2018
African Heads of State and Government as well other African leaders are expected to start arriving in the country today ahead of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement… Read more »