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Nigeria: AfCFTA - Afreximbank to Provide $1bn for Nigeria, Others
Leadership, 10 July 2019
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to facilitate the implementation of the agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with $1 billion. Read more »
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Africa: Mnangagwa, Tshisekedi Laugh Off Warriors' Defeat
The Herald, 9 July 2019
President Mnangagwa took time to discuss football matters on the sidelines of the 12th extraordinary African Union (AU) summit on free trade areas and was involved in a banter with… Read more »
The AU Summit, Afreximbank's $1bn and Oh, AFCON Soccer Talk Too!
It was not all talk about loans and financing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) at the AU's 12th Extraordinary Summit. Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Felix Tshisekedi exchanged war stories on AFCON 2019 where Zimbabwe was bundled out after ending at the bottom of Group A after a Congolese Leopards drubbing, only for them to get their come-uppance when Madagascar beat them 4-2 on penalties this past weekend. Oh and lest we forget, Afreximbank is donating U.S.$1 billion to kickstart the plan by African countries to finance trade agreements between themselves - sisters and brothers doing it for themselves...
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Africa: African Continental Free Trade Agreement Must Work!
Ghanaian Times, 9 July 2019
Africa's quest to increase trade and investment by creating a world class trading bloc was given a further boost at the 12th AU Extraordinary Summit in Niamey, capital of Niger, as… Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Free Trade Agreement - Curse or Blessing?
DW, 9 July 2019
<i>The newly signed African free trade agreement is hailed as a huge step forward by some, but criticized as a mammoth project with little chance of ever coming true by… Read more »
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Nigeria: Afreximbank Pledges U.S.$1 Billion for AfCFTA
This Day, 9 July 2019
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said it will institute a $1 billion adjustment facility to cushion the effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)… Read more »
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Africa: AU Leaders to Sign Free Trade Agreement in Niger
New Era, 1 July 2019
President Hage Geingob has revealed that African Union (AU) leaders will be meeting in Niger next week to mark the signing into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area… Read more »
InFocus
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The African Export-Import Bank, Afrexim that has its base in Cairo, and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the private sector, have signed a financing agreement of ... Read more »
