December 14, 2018 Electronic commerce, and digital trade and technology more generally, can stimulate development, generate jobs and help build sustainable livelihoods. However just like previous changes in technology and trading patterns, for developing countries to benefit, they need...
African Countries Split on Special and Different Treatment within the CFTA Discussions There is a sharp split along the lines of least developed countries on one hand, and non-least developed African countries on the other, on the level of...
Transforming African Economies, Building SMEs Capacities: Fundamental to AfCFTA success The Senegalese capital, Dakar, witnessed a range of stakeholders from across Africa for a consultative workshop on Africa’s Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) from 5-9th November 2018. Participants discussed and...
ECOWAS Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Calls for Concerns on AfCFTA to be Addressed Concerns over the content, process and speed of negotiations of Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) persist despite incessant calls for improvement in these areas of the negotiations....
One of Africa’s flagship initiatives for integration, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), recently signed faces challenges at the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) level, especially in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) writes *Sylvester Bagooro Hardly...
