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Trade

This beat covers trade; the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and how it supports industrialization.

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Trade

AGOA: How access to US market changed the fortunes of two South African sisters

trade Two entrepreneurs take traditional African designs and sustainable materials and turn them into international success.
Cassava farming in Liberia: Women’s rights to land must be legally recognized, and institutions are needed to enforce those laws.
Trade

Intra-African trade provides an opportunity for inclusive economic growth

AfCFTA Women’s land tenure security is essential for both their empowerment at a micro-level as agricultural producers in a household and at a macro-level for unlocking transformative social and economic benefits.
Female worker picking figs at plantation
Economic Development

AfCFTA: The environmental case for the continental free trade area

climatetradeAfCFTA Africa’s single market could drive less energy-intensive economic growth while keeping greenhouse gas emissions low
Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa
Economic Development

UNECA: Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa

tradeAfCFTAAfrican UnionAfDBMorocco Trading is a driver for mobility, employment and social cohesion, particularly in cross-border areas

Editor Picks

Dr Kategekwa (Uganda), a trade law expert who is one of the architects of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
Trade

S1-Episode 1: African Continental Free Trade Area

Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)
Economic Development

Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa

Customers shopping for groceries in a supermarket.

Africa’s Free Trade Area: What we must do for a smooth take-off on 1st July

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Agenda 2063

Reporting on Africa’s Agenda 2063

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AfCFTA implementation

AfCFTA Implementation: Conditions for Success

Africaeconomic development
Over 50 people in a group photo at the entrance to a building in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe expects positive transformation of its economic landscape with full AfCFTA implementation

AfCFTA
Validation of Zimbabwe's Implementation Strategy for the AfCFTA in Harare. Photo: UNECA

ECA and AUC pledge full support to Zimbabwe on AfCFTA implementation

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Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Africa’s free trade area: the journey begins

Free Trade AgreementFree Trade Area— Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Skilling up

Youth and trade: World Export Development Forum set for 11-12 Sept in Zambia

Free Trade Area
The port at Tema, Ghana.

Africa’s free trade agreement hinges on commitment and implementation

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Reliable road networks are essential to trade. Photo: World Bank/Arne Hoel

Intra-Africa trade: Going beyond political commitments

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Progress will come when agreements are implemented

Maged Abdelaziz, UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa. Photo: Africa Section / Bo Li

Africa wants equal partners

trade

— Maged Abdelaziz

Arid soils in Mauritania are some of the effects of climate change. Photo: Oxfam/Pablo Tosco

Africa’s trade under a cloud of changing climate

trade

Worsening climate change could affect the region’s economy

A woman selling agricultural produce in Kenya. Photo: Africa Media Online/Karin Duthie

Raw deal for African women traders

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Unfriendly trade policies cripple progress