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The new colonialist food economy
21-Sep-2023 The Nation
This past summer, the global trade regime finalized details for a revolution in African agriculture. Under a pending draft protocol on IPR, the trade bodies sponsoring the AFCFTA seek to lock all 54 African nations into a proprietary and punitive model of food cultivation.
AfCFTA introduces pan-African payments system, to facilitate cross-border trade in local currencies
11-Sep-2023 Daily News
Comorian president wants to accelerate intra-African trade
5-Sep-2023 Africanews
Accelerate the construction of a large African trade zone free of customs duties, in particular. This is what Comorian President Azali Assoumani, who this year holds the presidency of the African Union, is committed to.
Public sector in Africa told not to be excited yet about AfCFTA’s progress
28-Jun-2023 Ghana Business News
Mr David Ofosu-Dorte, Senior Partner, AB and David Africa, has urged African public sector players not to be too excited yet about the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) progress.
Public service key to AfCFTA implementation
25-Jun-2023 The Sunday Mail
African countries should prioritise upskilling and digitising the public service in order to accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) protocols, especially in areas where tariff phasedown has been agreed.
The Protocol on Investment to the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area: What’s in it and what’s next for the Continent?
12-Jun-2023 IISD
With the Protocol on Investment (POI) to the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adopted, the next question is, ‘ What’s in it and what’s next for the Continent”?
Kenya commits to becoming Africa’s gateway to free trade
12-Jun-2023 The Star
Kenya has committed to becoming the preferred gateway to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Kenya calls on Africa to use PAPSS to ditch US dollar in trade deals
11-Jun-2023 The North Africa Post
Kenya’s President William Ruto has called on African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency by adopting a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the continent.
We were not consulted in AfCFTA policy formulation - TUC laments
11-Jun-2023 Modern Ghana
The Trades Union Congress, Ghana (TUC-Ghana) is unhappy about neglect in the formulation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) policy.
IFC: AfCFTA is becoming a lot of talk — we need to fix regulations
19-Apr-2023 The Cable
Makthar Diop, the managing director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), says the Africa Free Trade Continental Agreement (AfCFTA) is becoming a lot of talk, and may not become a reality if laws and regulations are not fixed.
Liberia, the only country in Africa yet to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area
11-Apr-2023 Front Page Africa
Liberia, an ECOWAS member state where importers mostly experience high tariffs on goods, which lead to inflation of prices on the local market, is yet to ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
How does the AfCFTA impact Africa’s trading landscape?
10-Mar-2023 Business Daily
Business owners across Africa are the powerhouses who keep the continent moving and economically viable. In the past, it was not always easy to run a business that traded on a broader scale across the continent.
Africa: World Customs Organization publishes Guide on AfCFTA Rules of Origin
2-Mar-2023 Baker McKenzie
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has published a Guide for Rules of Origin under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
Ethiopia among AfCFTA $1bln adjustment fund recipients
28-Feb-2023 The Reporter
Ethiopia is one of the African countries that will benefit from Afrexim Bank’s USD one billion package to recoup any losses incurred as a result of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
Botswana becomes 45th AU member to ratify African continental free trade agreement
24-Feb-2023 The Independent
Botswana has deposited its instrument ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, local media reported.
AU adopts compact for private sector inclusion in AfCFTA
23-Feb-2023 Business Ghana
THE African Union (AU) has adopted the action compact of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) to champion private sector inclusion in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
African Union summit aiming to ’fast-track’ African Free Trade Area
18-Feb-2023 The Brussels Times
African leaders are meeting on Saturday and Sunday for the annual African Union (AU) summit with the aim of speeding up the rollout of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA), Belga News Agency reports.
We need people-centered approach to trade, security in Africa, says Ford Foundation W’Africa regional director
14-Feb-2023 The Guardian
The West Africa Regional Director for Ford Foundation, Dr. ChiChi Aniagolu-Okoye, has called for a people-centered approach in dealing with security and trade issues on the African continent.
AfCFTA: Ambitions of free trade must move beyond talk
8-Feb-2023 The Africa Report
How can Africa’s continental free trade agreement be moved forward from talk to action? An eventful week in Ghana ended with new promises from African governments and state parties to speed up processes towards the full realisation of the world’s largest free trade area – AfCFTA
African unions demand strong labour provisions in AfCFTA
1-Feb-2023 IndustriAll
Unions want labour provisions to be included in the next phases of negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Areas (AfCFTA).