Why Africa's Free Trade Area Offers So Much Promise

The single continental market will offer the opportunity to accelerate the manufacture and intra-African trade of value-added products, moving from commodity based economies and exports to economic diversification and high-value exports, writes Landry Signé for The Conversation Africa.

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