Nigeria Targets $79bn Export Through AfCFTA Nigeria is poised to significantly boost its export market, with a potential value of up to $79 billion, by leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework to expand its export capabilities. Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr...

Experts Underscore Role of IPRs in Trade Under AfCFTA The National Coordinator of the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo, has called for legal protection of African creations, noting that safeguarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is critical to achieving economic growth and sustainability through the...

AfCFTA: MWFAAN Stepping Up for Nigeria's Economic Future By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim It's been an encouraging few weeks for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Nigeria. The Nigeria Customs Service recently facilitated the country's first shipment under the AfCFTA to Kenya—a milestone that marks...

Could Mandela Washington Fellowship Conference Chart a New Course for Africa's Economic Development? By Lawal Dahiru Mamman Africa boasts an abundance of resources, with its vast landscapes from north to south and east to west teeming with diverse natural and mineral riches. These treasures have the...

Stakeholders Laud Nigeria’s First Export to Kenya Under AfCFTA Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office has celebrated the first export of goods to Kenya under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), describing it as a milestone. Shipment of goods from Nigeria’s company Lucky Fibres, a subsidiary...

Awolowo Advocates Maritime Security for AfCFTA as Summit Opens in China The National Coordinator, Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo, has called for strengthening of maritime security towards enhanced cross-border trade and effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. He made the...