Coffee Beans being harvested
ATN is a coalition of civil society organizations, trade unions, researchers, and activists drawn from across Africa working on trade issues. Founded in 1998, ATN has worked on World Trade Organisation-related issues, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and other trade and finance-related issues. It seeks to present a coordinated and continent-wide voice that articulates the views of the marginalized and offers alternate policy options relevant for Africa’s development. Notable events at which ATN made its mark included the Seattle, Hong Kong and Cancun WTO conferences where it successfully spearheaded African civil society efforts at preventing the imposition of inimical trade policies on developing countries by developed countries. ATN does its advocacy work at the national, regional, continental and international levels through lobby, capacity building, and campaigns among others. The coalition is currently made up of 50-member organizations from 30 countries in East, West, Central and Southern Africa. TWN-Africa is the secretariat of the Africa Trade Network.
This study identifies issues and challenges of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), with a focus on East Africa. Which countries belong to ‘East’ Africa? The African Union definition encompass-es the following 14 countries, which could be subdivided:
Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area, provides a market of 1.3 billion people, likely to create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc but what exactly will Africans be trading in, asks *Sylvester Bagooro. What products would pass as African products (rules...
Ghana won the bid to host the Secretariat of Africa’s Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey, Niger, during the 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government. Great commendation...
Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa), a Pan-African research and advocacy organization, has charged the government to focus on developing a strong negotiation position, in order to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This comes a day...
Title: EPAs Rules of Origin and the AfCFTA: Implications for the Dairy Sector in Africa Introduction Fifteen (15) Africa governments have signed, ratified and are in the process of implementing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union. All...
