The AfCFTA can serve as a catalyst for Africa’s green transformation and de-carbonization, while also creating economic and social benefits for African businesses and consumers.
In this interview, our contributor Adebayo Abubakar converses with Zimbabwean business executive, Gugulethu Siso, who is a seasoned entrepreneur with a significant portfolio in Fintech and Logistics.
There is need to focus on synergising, synchronising, and integrating various countries' efforts into the existing platform of PAPSS, for the AfCFTA to run seamlessly on a machine of cashlessness.
To realise the intended gains of the AfCFTA, Africa must prioritise production over consumption by empowering the manufacturing sector for self-sufficiency and onward export.
Africa is on the cusp of establishing the world’s most extensive free trade area and the world’s most expansive free movement area, but which one should be prioritized?
Serious and urgent steps need to be taken, to stem the tide of the current wave of Brain Drain, so that Africa will not be short of the needed high-level manpower to actualize the vision of the AfCFTA, and by extension, Agenda 2063
African countries are making strides to capitalise on the incredible potential of digitalisation as it relates to free trade on the continent. The widespread use of mobile and smartphones has aided the progress of the digital economy in Africa over the past decade. However, this progress must manifest in building an efficient free trade system that transcends borders.
For a continent with an abundance of arable lands and optimal weather, it's quite appalling that Africa struggles to feed its population. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents an exciting opportunity to end food scarcity and ensure sustainable food supply.
DevDispatch contributor Oluwatobi Ojo spoke with Lanre Elfusian, the Executive Director of Ominira Initiative- a Nigerian think-thank advancing solutions through policy research and advocacy to discuss the low traction of trade under the AfCFTA.
In this exclusive interview,chieftain of Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture [KWACCIMA] Ayodimeji Olalekan Fatai bares his mind on how commendable the commitment of Kenya and other east African countries are, and what the rest of the continent should do, to complement their encouraging moves.