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Africa: Women Must Be At the Centre of Africa's Transformative Free Trade Area
Africa Renewal, 7 March 2022
As we celebrate Women's Day this March, the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN Ambassador Mathu Joyini says Africa needs to be deliberate in creating opportunities… Read more »
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Africa: African Women Identified As the Core of the AfCFTA Agenda
Africa Renewal, 1 March 2022
This was said at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) being held in Kigali, Rwanda Read more »
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East Africa: Rules of Origin Restrictive to AfCTA, EABC Warns
Daily News, 2 March 2022
THE East African Business Council (EABC) has singled out compliance to rules of origin as a restrictive aspect to trading. Read more »
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Africa: Experts Push for Review of Rules of Origin to Boost Intra-African Trade
New Times, 1 March 2022
Complying with the Rules of Origin requirement under a free trade area is perceived as the most restrictive aspect to trading. Read more »
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East Africa: Regional Business Body Calls for Private Sector Involvement in AfCFTA Trade Talks
New Times, 27 February 2022
The East Africa Business Council (EABC) has urged players in the private sector to contribute in informing the regional bloc's negotiations on Trade in Services under the African… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria, Ghana Urged to Explore Free Trade Area Opportunities
This Day, 22 February 2022
The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, has stated there is need for Nigeria and Ghana to explore opportunities coming as a result… Read more »
Women Have Key Role In Africa's Free Trade Agenda
Women are key players in the realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) according to discussions on the sidelines of the 8th session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Kigali.
The session entitled - 'AfCFTA as a vehicle for gender equality towards agendas 2030 and 2063' shed light on the significance of the AfCFTA in achieving gender equality towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals 5 and Agenda 2063 in Africa' - discussed the challenges and prospects for utilising the opportunities presented by trade and AfCFTA towards gender equality in the realisation of SDG 5 and Agenda 2063.
The session also shed light on the importance of gender responsive policy and legislations to create an enabling environment to implement AfCFTA successfully, and to materialize the Agenda 2063 aspirations.
During the meeting, Rwandan Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Jeanette Bayisenge, explained that although her country has achieved great success in women's rights, there are still many challenges, reports Africa Renewal.
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The East African Community (EAC) countries have made a huge step forward by adopting the bloc's tariff offer for Category A products amounting to 90.2% over 10 years, after the start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Category A products are those from sectors including agro processing, agriculture,
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Africa's free trade area started a year ago amid much fanfare. But its impact has been low amid the coronavirus pandemic and an economic downturn on the continent, write Martina Schwikowski and Abu-Bakarr Jalloh for Deutsche Welle.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) celebrates its first anniversary on January 1, 2022. With exception of Eritrea, all
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On January 1, 2021, trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) kicked off. The trade pact, which seeks to create a single market for goods and services and promote cross-border movement of capital and people, is expected to boost intra-African trade which is currently at only 18% of regional integration.
It is also expected to generate jobs for young people and boost the creative sector. These include visual and performing arts, crafts, cultural festivals,
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Africa is importing too excessively and manufacturing too little, and the continent must change course by boosting intra-Africa trade and output. That was the message delivered during a three-day visit to Washington, DC by the head of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Wamkele Meme. After a delay caused in part by pandemic complications, negotiations to finalize protocols are progressing towards completion, he told U.S. officials and think-tank audiences he met during his trip. The
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With productivity-boosting measures, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement could reduce poverty and inequality while spurring sustainable and inclusive growth, according to a report launched on Wednesday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD. Intra-African trade - currently at a low 14.4 per cent of total African exports - would benefit greatly from regional trade, UNCTAD says.
The
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