African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has commended the Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Prof. Nnanyelugo M. Ike-Muonso, for improving the…

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ACCI in Nigeria has announced its upcoming 18th Abuja International Trade Fair (AITF) scheduled for 28th September to 9th October 2023 in Abuja the nation’s capital. READ ALSO: Over 158…

The trade ministry through the Namibia Trade Forum and in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme Namibia, yesterday, launched an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) awareness campaign. READ ALSO: AU,…

Multilateral financial institutions, the African Development Bank (AfDB) inclusive, have met to discuss their role in promoting trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) after the Covid-19. The AfCFTA is an…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it will spend the sum of $2 billion in the next 3 years to support infrastructural development, which will boost the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This was…

The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene, says 38 countries have ratified the agreement establishing the AfCFTA. Mr Mene who said this during an interview with…

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed his administration readiness to collaborate with the National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, AfCFTA, in achieving the set objectives for the…

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), a unit of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), on Tuesday hosted a conference on leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area…

Africa’s journey to market integration has begun in earnest with the commencement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 1 January. Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area…

With trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) taking effect from 1st of January this year, Dangote Industries Ltd has said its cement expansion plan and fertilizer investments will open new trade routes for the company…