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Africa: Govts Urged to Leverage Continental Free Trade Pact to Tackle Food Insecurity
New Times, 3 October 2023
African governments have been urged to fast-track the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in order to solve food security issues that affect more… Read more »
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Africa: Secretary General of AfCFTA Pays Courtesy Call On PM Jugnauth
Government of Mauritius, 3 October 2023
The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr Wamkele Mene, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, today, at the… Read more »
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Africa: Five Things African Countries Can Do to Optimize AfCFTA
New Times, 16 August 2023
Until the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) plays its role of aggregating and integrating small and medium enterprises, it will remain a mere 'Podium to the Streets'… Read more »
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South Africa: Infrastructure Investment Critical for Success of AfCFTA
SAnews.gov.za, 25 June 2023
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) depends on the investment in infrastructure in the areas of electricity… Read more »
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Africa: Enabling West African countries to take full advantage of the AfCFTA
UNECA, 6 June 2023
Dakar, Senegal, 02 June 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, in partnership with the Economic… Read more »
African Govts Need to Move on AfCFTA Deal for Food Security
African governments have been urged to fast-track the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to solve food security issues that affect more than 20% of the continent's 1.4 billion people, reports Moise M. Bahati for The New Times.
The faster implementation of the AfCFTA and supporting the agricultural value chain are two of the key recommendations of a meeting of more than 200 ministers, economists, and private sector players from Central and Eastern Africa, which was held from September 25-29 in Bujumbura, Burundi.
About 20% of Africa's population is undernourished. Over 62% of the undernourished in sub-Saharan Africa live in Central and Eastern Africa, according to 2021 figures from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Among other recommendations, the delegates at the Bujumbura meeting highlighted the need to boost intraregional trade to prepare the ground for a liberalised continental single market for goods and services.
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