Exploring strategies to deepen private sector participation in the implementation African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was the highlight of a panel session during the 2021 WTO Aid-for-Trade ...

African leaders, financiers, and businesses are being urged to join forces and accelerate intra-continental trade, ...

The widening gap between state strategy and societal sentiment, explored in Parts I and II, is not confined to Europe or North America. It has now become visible in Africa's policy space. Since the ...

Across African markets, thousands of traders gather at border posts, carrying goods including textiles, food items, cosmetics, and electronics ...

Morocco is emerging as a regional powerhouse central to the world’s trade network, and it’s easy to see why: its critical minerals and manufacturing have made it indispensable to China, ...

Africa is home to the world’s youngest population, some of the fastest-growing markets, vast deposits of critical minerals, enormous ...

For too long, African trade has operated with limited visibility across supply,Markets cannot trade what they cannot ...

Along with South Africa, a further four African countries joined the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) bringing the total to 49 so far. Some countries have even started to ratify it – ...

Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat (C) announces the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement during the launching ceremony in ...

An African free-trade zone came into force Thursday, a step toward creating what the African Union (AU) hopes will be a continent-wide market of 1.2 billion people worth $2.5 trillion. "We celebrate ...

Washington - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law extending a preferential trade program for Africa through December 31, effective retroactively from September 30, 2025, the chief U.S.