Cross-border trade and legal compliance It is quite popular for the African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to exchange goods and services, especially with the long-lasting goal of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to create a single commercial market …
Gaps and Opportunities Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) represents a crucial and necessary phenomenon in districts near borders such as between Kenya and Uganda, Tanzania and Uganda, and South Sudan and Kenya. So common is the practice that it is suggested …
Sibling Squabbles Whenever we hear talks of trade wars between China and the USA, it always sounds normal – two of the World’s largest economies fighting it out for global dominance. When the same is said of developing countries, questions …
Recurring Cross-Border Challenges An opinion editorial recently published by The African Report argued that the Kenya-Tanzania border friction requires a digital approach to end the consistent squabbles between the neighbors and enhance cross-border trade. However, the relationship between Kenya and …
Lessons from Ethiopia In an effort to catalyze Ethiopia’s Agricultural exports, the UK’s British International Investment (BII) and Dutch FMO are committing up to $20m each to Ethiopia’s Dashen Bank to support agricultural development. The move will provide long-term funding …
The untapped social circles The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) heralds a new era of economic opportunity and collaboration across the African continent. The framework promises to create a single market of about 13 billion Africans and a combined …
Expedition Tanzania Ghana’s National AfCFTA Coordination Office (NCO) announced a planned trade expedition in Tanzania in September 2023 in collaboration with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). A flagship of the African Union under agenda 2063, the AfCFTA seeks …
The AfCFTA and Free Movement After establishing the agreement in January 2018 to coordinate the economic, social, political, and digital sphere of the African Union (AU), the movement from one African state to another has been another target. It was …
Zenith-AfCFTA Collaboration The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) continues to make inroads across Africa under the shared vision of the African Union in eliminating trade barriers and boosting intra-African trade across all sectors of the African Economy. The …
The AfCFTA to Economic Sectors The AfCFTA is among the world’s largest free trade areas bringing together 55 African Union (AU) member states and eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to create a single market for the African continent. It intends …
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