African Continental Free Trade Area - Prospects and Problems for Implementation

19 April 2018
opinion

The majority of Africa Union member states, 44 out of 55, have signed a free trade agreement whose aim is to create a single African market of economic cooperation thus creating the biggest economic zone in the world.

On the eve of the 55th anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU), a large bloc of nation-states have signed a document entitled "Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area" (AfCFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda on 20-21 March 2018.

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