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,...

Lawmakers Rally Behind Nigeria Air, Flag Carriers To Deepen Stake In AfCFTA   The House of Representative Committee on Aviation has rallied behind the proposed national carrier to deepen Nigeria’s stake in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pact. The new chairman of the committee, Nnolim...

AfCFTA May Increase Nigeria’s Imports By 251%, Report Says   When the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement comes into full force, imported goods to Nigeria may jump by 251 per cent within 15 years. This, according to a research conducted by the Centre for Trade and...

AfCFTA: AU,AfDB Sign $4.8m Grant The African Development Bank Group has signed a $4.8m institutional support grant to the African Union for implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. The grant, approved by the Group’s Board of Directors in April, forms part of a...