AfCFTA is hosting six meetings over ten days in Kigali to speed up its work -Director of Programmes Coordination

Prudence Sebahizi, Director of Institutional Matters and Programmes Coordination at the Accra-based AfCFTA Prudence Sebahizi (P.S.), Director of Institutional Matters and Programmes Coordination at the Accra-based AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area)... Read more »

Trade Officials validate East African Community AfCFTA Strategy and sets stage for the Trade Agreement implementation

Rongai Chizema, the Senior Programme Manager, Expertise France under the Team Europe Technical Assistance Facility (EU-TAF) The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation Strategy for the East African Community (EAC) was validated by... Read more »

AfCFTA Adjustment Fund is going to be hosted in Rwanda

Today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta, Secretary General of AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area) Wamkele Mene  and Ms. Kanayo Awani, the Executive Vice President of Afreximbank, signed an agreement to host... Read more »

Minister of Trade Ngabitsinze in Botswana for 11th AfCFTA Council of Ministers Meeting

Rwandan delegation, led by Minister of Trade and Industry Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, is participating in the 11th meeting of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Council of ministers responsible for trade... Read more »

Ghana x Rwanda Business Forum shows promise for increased intra-African trade under AfCFTA

The first in-person Ghana x Rwanda Business Forum concluded in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday this week with the visiting Rwanda delegation committing to fostering relationships that will support the growth of intra-African... Read more »

AU Commission inaugurates AfCFTA Permanent Secretariat as launchpad for Africa’s economic transformation

At a ceremony on Monday to commission the permanent secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the AU Commission, reiterated... Read more »

Roadshow to help Rwandan Businesses tap into AfCFTA Afreximbank

Kigali: The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a roadshow in Kigali to show the Rwandan Private Sector how it can become a primary beneficiary of the African Continental Free Trade Area... Read more »

Afreximbank announces $1-billion adjustment facility, other AfCFTA support measures as African Leaders meet

Niamey: Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), yesterday in Niamey, addressed the 12th Extraordinary Summit of African Union (AU) Heads of State, announcing a series of initiatives to... Read more »

Rules of origin key to success of African continental free trade area

Participants during the presentation of the Report Kigal: Rules of origin – the criteria needed to determine the nationality of a product – could make or break the African Continental Free Trade... Read more »