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Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Challenges ECOWAS to Accelerate Realisation of Single Currency

Foroyaa 25 Apr 2025
“We must also deepen our economic cooperation, support intra-regional trade, and ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Area becomes a vehicle for genuine transformation,” she stated.
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Economic growth is speeding up in Africa, but uncertainty clouds outlook

B & FT Online 25 Apr 2025
... to liberalize and diversify their markets, including leveraging the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost regional trade, to expand economic activity and provide jobs for young people.
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Economic growth is speeding up in Africa but uncertainty clouds outlook

Sierra Leone Telegraph 25 Apr 2025
... to liberalize and diversify their markets, including leveraging the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost regional trade, to expand economic activity and provide jobs for young people.
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Forum on African Harmonized Standards to Boost Trade held

Foroyaa 24 Apr 2025
The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB) on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, convened a high-level interactive workshop to promote the role of harmonized African standards in facilitating trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Policies are being put together to reduce and stabilize inflation – Governor  

Ghana Business News 24 Apr 2025
Shaping A Trade-Driven Future.” ... The Act, enacted in 2000, was a watershed trade moment granting duty free access to the U.S. market for eligible African countries and opening space for deeper trade cooperation.
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National responses to global tariff disruptions

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2025
The scope of these measures soon extended to other major trading partners ... They can strengthen regional cooperation under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and diversify their exports to the European Union and Asia ... Trade War.
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Rising unilateralism, economic protectionism undermine global development, says Chinese think tank leader

China.dot.org 24 Apr 2025
... growing influence of initiatives like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the African Continental Free Trade Area as signs that multilateral trade cooperation is far from over.
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Experts, policymakers call for greater intra-African trade to withstand global uncertainties

Xinhua 23 Apr 2025
ADDIS ABABA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Experts and policymakers have called for the realization of greater intra-African trade through the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade ...
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US tariff shake-up sends ripples through African trade and global supply chains

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 Apr 2025
Simultaneously, the continent is in the midst of a landmark integration effort through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), broader African regional trade blocs and customs unions and ...
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At Golden Jubilee Celebration, Tinubu Lauds ECOWAS for Fostering Regional Integration

This Day 23 Apr 2025
He also called for deepening economic cooperation, support for intra-regional trade, and that all hands must be on deck to ensure that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) becomes a vehicle for genuine transformation.
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Tanzania’s threats to South Africa’s agricultural exports are possibly misguided

Independent online (SA) 23 Apr 2025
Africa should observe and learn from the current trade war between the United States and China in order to improve regional integration; otherwise, the African Continental Free Trade Area would remain ...
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Leveraging data and AI to bridge Africa’s $90 billion infrastructure gap

Independent online (SA) 23 Apr 2025
Poor logistics, with transport costs 30-40% higher than in other regions, undermine the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) promise of a 52% boost in intra-African trade.
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Kenya launches strategy to boost exports

China.dot.org 23 Apr 2025
... calls for the expansion of the export footprint beyond traditional destinations by leveraging instruments such as the African Continental Free Trade Area to unlock new and underutilized markets.
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Strategic overhaul needed to achieve 24-hour economy

B & FT Online 23 Apr 2025
By Christabel DANSO ABEAM ... Investing in the country’s energy and green transition to build a robust 24HE framework that can serve as a powerhouse for the West African market, tapping into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ... ....
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Is this the end of free trade?: Rethinking global trade and competitiveness in an era ...

B & FT Online 22 Apr 2025
Enter the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)—a bold African-led initiative aimed at building intra-African trade and positioning the continent as a global trading bloc.

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