Tag: African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

The UN decries the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the continent.

Tingg, a digital payments ecosystem built by Cellulant is providing the interoperability envisioned by the AfCFTA by providing a seamless ...

Mr Adebayo also said Nigeria has set up a National Action Committee on AfCFTA.

Zenith Bank launched the Non-Oil Export Seminar in 2017 to deepen discourse on non-oil export business in Nigeria.

Mr Buhari said his visit to Ethiopia focused on how to further boost relations and explore new areas of cooperation ...

Wamkele Mene defeated Nigeria’s Cecilia Akintomide to clinch the top economic policy position on Monday.

The South African president says his chairmanship of the continental body would bring prosperity for women and youth.

Ibrahim Mayaki says the Buhari administration's action was in line with existing trade policies in the Ecowas sub-region.

A senior African Union official says a broad-based policy for inclusive growth could help curb decades of gun violence across ...

"Through our bank’s intervention, one of the companies we funded did the first major export of shea butter out of ...

Mr Adesina said the AfDB was “very proud of what Africa achieved in terms of economic growth in 2019.”

Mr Obasanjo made the remark during a news briefing on Tuesday in Addis Ababa.

She said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not want to approve the closure.

Mr Osakwe chaired the Negotiating Forum of the African Union (AU) from June 2017 to March 2018, during which time ...

Tei Konzi, Commissioner for Trade, Customs and Free Movement, ECOWAS Commission made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a ...

With a GDP of about $405 billion, Nigeria is considered the largest economy in Africa.

The Nigerian leader signed the AfCFTA pact on Sunday, after initially declining assent for months.

The president noted that there were over 6000 Nigerians in Libya, who see Libya as gateway to Europe.

“We are already working with 16 African governments to develop national strategies to maximise the opportunities created..."

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the agreement Sunday in Niamey at the opening of the African Union (AU) Summit.

Mr Buhari recently criticised the AfCFTA, and outlined his own vision of what African free trade should be.

The treaty commits countries to remove tariffs on 90 per cent of goods and liberalise services, while sensitive items, which ...

"It is better to be self-sufficient in food production than to rely on the importation of such food items."

The World Poverty Clock report says 86.9 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty.

Nigeria in March refused to sign the free trade agreement.