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African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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Accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa’s trading position in the global market by strengthening Africa’s common voice and policy space in global trade negotiations.

Activities

February 15, 2023

By eliminating barriers to trade in Africa, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will lift 30 million people from extreme poverty and another 68 million people from moderate poverty. To boost intra-African trade, the continent has embarked on the gradual elimination of tariffs on 90 percent of goods, and the reduction of barriers to trade in services aimed at increasing Africa’s income by $450 billion by 2035.

August 03, 2021

Ethiopian Airlines Group and A-e Trade Group, have signed MoU to establish the East African smart logistics and fulfi

Support to conception and establishment of adequate formats for dialogue
March 29, 2021

The AfCFTA Secretariat and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today have signed a strategic partnership to promote t

January 04, 2021

On 1 January 2021, at the launch of the start of trading on the basis of the AfCFTA, the Pan-African Private Sector,

December 07, 2020

December 07, 2020; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A new trade intelligence tool that enables firms to easil

December 05, 2020

African Union Heads of State and Government have underscored the urgent need for member states to kick-start trading

CFTA
Continental Free Trade Area
Working Groups

Legal and Institutional Affairs

Rules of Origin

Non-Tariff Barriers & Barriers to Trade

Trade Remedies

Trade in Services

Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

Customs Procedures & Trade Facilitation

Topic Resources

February 10, 2022

Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.

December 02, 2020

The Futures Report: Making the AfCFTA Work for Women and Youth is a groundbreaking UNDP Flagship Initiative produced in collaboration wit

February 10, 2022

Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period.

March 11, 2022

The study was commissioned by the APRM Secretariat to