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      Press releases
      Business-boosting African Trade Observatory (ATO) to start virtual demonstrations
      Business-boosting African Trade Observatory (ATO) to start virtual demonstration
      15 October 2020
      Press releases
      Bold steps taken to make African trade easier, help small businesses
      Bold steps taken to make African trade easier, help small businesses
      28 September 2020

      The African Union has amplified action to tackle non-tariff barriers and increase small businesses’ use of the tradebarriers.af

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      Africa is Open For Business
      Africa is Open For Business
      9 September 2020

      In January 2012 during the 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Union agreed on a deci

      Statements
      Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat
      Statement by AU Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa at the Handover Ceremony of AfCFTA
      17 August 2020

      Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat

      Statements
      Statement By The Secretary-General  H.E. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene  Official Commissioning  And Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat
      Secretary-General statement at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      17 August 2020

      On this occasion of the official commissioning and handing over of the AfCFTA Secretariat, let me express deep humility for having been elected by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States & Government of the AU, to the position of the first Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat. A mission to be at the services of Africa, which I shall undertake with resolute determination.

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      Ghana President Speech at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      Ghana President Speech at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      17 August 2020

      Address by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Commissioning and Formal Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Building, in Accra, to the African Union Commission

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      Statement by  H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Delivered at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings to African Union
      AUC Chairperson Statement at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings to AU
      17 August 2020

      H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Republic of Ghana,

      H.E. Isssouffou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger,

      Event
      Official hand over and Commissioning of the AfCFTA Secretariat Building
      The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade A
      17 August 2020

      WHAT: The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building

      Press releases
      In Wake of COVID-19, African Union to Keep AfCFTA on Track with Digital Technology
      COVID-19 : African Union to Keep AfCFTA on Track with Digital Technology
      14 August 2020

      Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14th August 2020: Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has s

      Press releases
      AU & Afrochampions Announce Winners Nefertiti Arts Prize
      African Union & AfroChampions Announce Winners of Nefertiti Arts Prize on First-
      7 July 2020
      Vincent Kolo from Nigeria secures the Nefertiti Grand Prize with ‘The Cords of Yesterday’ on last day of Boma of Africa Festival 
      Statements
      Inaugural African integration day
      Inaugural Africa integration day
      7 July 2020

      The road to African integration began long ago and has witnessed some important milestones. It dates back to 1963 with the inception of the Organisation of African Unity, when our predecessors called for the establishment of the African Common Market.

      Event
      Africa Integration Day 2020
      Africa Integration Day 2020
      1 July 2020

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