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African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AFcfta)

AfCFTA national action still silent on transportation as FG Okays takeoff

Just as President Muhammadu Buhari has established a national action committee to begin the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), there are strong indications that the deficiencies in the nation’s logistics and transportation sector are yet…

Nigeria firms seal MoU as Ghana exhibitors flood 1st intra-African trade fair in Cairo

The number of Nigerian firms attending the ongoing first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair which opened in Cairo on Tuesday is running neck-to-neck with exhibitors from Ghana. Business Hilights Egypt Bureau chief reports that the promoters of the fair is targeting to…

Confusion as UI, Afreximbank reports clash on gains of AfCFTA to Nigeria

Just as an analytical comparison study conducted by a professor of Economics at the University of Ibadan (UI) and the Chairman, Centre for Trade and Development Initiatives (CTDI), Bodija, Ibadan, Ademola Oyejide, has concluded that Nigeria would be a bigger…

Low production base frustrating African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement—AU

An economist and African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey has given an insight on the key challenges capable of frustrating the expected growth of intra-African trade and successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AFcfta)….