Use trade to cushion yourselves, AfCFTA tells African nations

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The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr Wamkele Mene, presses a button to officially open the 46th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair yesterday.  Looking on from left are Zanzibar chief secretary, Ms Zena Ahmed Said; the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ms Liberata Mulamula, and the Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Dr Ashatu Kijaji.  PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS

By  Louis Kolumbia

What you need to know:

  • AfCFTA said fragmentation, smallness of the countries’ economies and lack of industrial capacity contributed to the 18 percent inter Africa trade.

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