Trade and Investment

How implementation committees are moving the African free trade area from talks to action 

The African Continental Free Trade Area: Above view of Durban harbour, South Africa

A fully implemented African Continental Free Trade Area will transform economies. Image: WEF/iStockphoto

Million Habte
Coordinator, AfCFTA National Implementation Committees, AfCFTA Secretariat
Dirk Willem te Velde
Director, International Economic Development, ODI
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