AfDB Grants $5m To AU For AfCFTA Permanent Secretariat       The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), said it provided a $5 million institutional support grant to the African Union (AU), to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, in Accra, Ghana. The Bank’s Vice-President, Private...

Nigeria, Others Suspend $3.4trn Continental Deal Amid Pandemic     The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), suffered yet another blow, with the announcement of its suspension, as African countries struggle to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. With borders closed and supply...

AfCFTA: Nigeria Can Generate $537bn Annually From Exports – DBN   Managing Director, Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Tony Okpanachi has projected that the soon-to-be-implemented Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds great economic development potential for Nigeria. Okpanachi believes that regional integration through trade would propel...

CIPE And NACCIMA Position The Organised  Private Sector On AfCFTA Implementation    Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has partnered with the Nigerian Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and other MSME associations in Nigeria to strengthen the voice of MSMEs to...

‘One Africa! March To Economic Integration & The Role of Public Relations’.   The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) between member states, aims at creating a single continental market for goods and services as well as customs union with the free movement of capital and...

AfCFTA To Grow African Trade By $35bn   (AfCFTA), if successfully implemented, would increase intra-African trade by as much as $35 billion or 52 per cent yearly above the baseline by 2022, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) said at the weekend. The Council’s Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer,...