Tag: AfCFTA Year Zero Report
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AfCFTA must kick off in July despite COVID-19 threat – Group advocates
Policy and advocacy think tank, AfroChampions, has advised that the July 2020 date for the commencement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) should not be rescheduled due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus. The commencement of trading within the AfCFTA is slated for 1st July 2020. According to the policy and advocacy…
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COVID-19: An opportunity to boost industrialization in Africa – Report
As African countries struggle to procure goods and supplies from global suppliers in the wake of the novel Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the situation is expected to cause a shift from global supply chains towards more regionalized and localized supply chains. That’s according to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Year Zero Report, by policy…