The global advancement in information and communications technology (ICT) has impacted virtually every aspect of the lives of billions of people in the world, without losing sight of the stark variations in access to digital goods and services across and within continents and countries. Trade, be it cross-border or domestic, is no exception. There are many forms of trade in goods or services that can be fully or partly carried out through different ICT-based mechanisms, which previously were provided only through offline ways of trading. Digitalization also affects trade in many other ways. This is why the agenda of trade and digitalization has gained attention in various trade policy forums, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the World Trade Organization

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