ABUJA—THE Federal Government yesterday expressed reservations over the signing of the African Continental Trade Agreement, AfCTA, despite the promise by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would soon ...

As discussions continued at Biashara Africa 2026 Summit on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

AS the frenzy over the delay, the rigmarole and the eventual assent to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCTA, dies down, we draw attention to the task ahead given its implications to ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has assured the local business community that the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

The Ministry of Trade and Industry will collaborate with financial institutions to establish Special Financing Windows for products of strategic sectors to harness the benefits of the Africa ...

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ON Tuesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic and insecurity are threats to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in ...

The Senate on Thursday charged the Federal Government to develop a national industrial policy and infrastructural development masterplan to aide the implementation of the African Continental Free ...

Reviewing AfCTA’s potential, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa estimates that the agreement will boost intra-African trade by 52 per cent by 2022. With this, economists posit that ...

The Africa Free Trade Area (AfCTA) trade commenced on January 2021. This historic agreement has been in the pipeline since the days of the Organisation of African Union (OAU), the continental body ...

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The ongoing dispute between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders, which is involving their respective governments as well, is now threatening to curb intra ECOWAS trade volumes as a whole as manufacturers ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would be a “game changer”. According to him, AfCFTA is going to be the largest free trade ...