African Trade Policy Centre

ECOWAS Quality Policy Workshop agrees to champion Mutual Recognition Agreements to facilitate trade and industrialization

Abidjan, 6 March 2018 (ECA) - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) organized a capacity building workshop on National Quality Policy Implementation in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from March 6 to 7, 2018 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

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AfCFTA Business Summit

History will be made on March 21st 2018, when Africa’s single market comes into existence.

His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, the Chairperson of the African Union, and His Excellency Mr Moussa Faki, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, will convene an extraordinary meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the continent in Kigali, Rwanda, to formally launch the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

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CFTA set to unleash Africa’s full potential, says ECA’s Songwe

Cape Town, South Africa, February 04 2018 (ECA) - Africa’s signature policy reform of 2018, the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), is set to unleash the continent’s full potential with more African countries trading with each other in a wider integrated market, says Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe.

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The Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in Africa – A Human Rights Perspective

The negotiations leading up to the continental free trade area (CFTA) present a unique opportunity to improve the livelihoods of millions of African people. The jobs and wealth that the CFTA can bring about have the potential to contribute significantly to alleviating poverty, creating jobs and promoting equality. The CFTA is more than a trade agreement.

Africa set for big things with CFTA operationalization, says ECA’s Gatera

Swakopmund, Namibia, 12 December 2017 (ECA) – Africa’s integration agenda is experiencing a critical and momentous epoch with the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) scheduled for operationalization next year and with the creation of a Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), that will be launched by Heads of State at their January Summit in Addis Ababa, says ECA’s Soteri Gatera.

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Trade ministers meet deadline for CFTA Agreement

Niamey, 2 December 2017 (ECA) - African ministers of trade have hit the milestone objective of concluding the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Agreement within the deadline of December 2017, in accordance with a decision by African Union Heads of State and Government in June 2015.

After two days of intense deliberations at the Fourth Meeting of African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) in Niamey, the ministers, on Saturday 2 December 2017, issued a report stating:

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