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23 March 2018
www.vanguardngr.com
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the signing of a Continental Free Trade Area agreement in Africa that has created one of the world’s largest trading blocs with over 50 countries.
23 March 2018
www.railwaysafrica.com
"With the signing of the Kigali Declaration for the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Africa has taken a giant step towards continental integration, the pan-African vision and the development of our continent," said Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
23 March 2018
allafrica.com
African leaders are banking on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to help address the rising unemployment rate among its youth population.
23 March 2018
www.busiweek.com
KIGALi, RWANDA- Most Presidents have been applauded by their respective countries for the signing of the Kigali Declaration, as a first step towards establishing a Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA).
23 March 2018
www.logupdateafrica.com
At the African Union Summit held in January at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, an open skies initiative known as the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was launched paving the way for the African continent to open up its skies to improve intra-African air connectivity and thus making continental free trade work, Roy Ezze reports.
23 March 2018
www.worldstagegroup.com
The African Development Bank celebrates with Africa and pledges its full support to achieve the success of the recently launched Continental Free Trade Area, as part of its strategy to help Integrate Africa.
23 March 2018
www.vanguardngr.com
The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, intervention in Benue state has pulled in over N2.48billion or $8.13million to the state’s economy.
23 March 2018
www.liberte-algerie.com
La Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), par l'intermédiaire de son Centre africain pour la politique commerciale (CAPC), a élaboré un indice pays des entreprises afin de mesurer l'impact de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Zleca).
23 March 2018
https://newbusinessethiopia.com
The second African Climate Talks opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with participants discussing issues of climate governance and Africa’s participation in global climate negotiations, weather and climate information services, among other topics.
22 March 2018
maghrebemergent.info
La Zone de libre-échange continentale (ZLEC) africaine est non seulement une formidable opportunité pour le commerce en Afrique, mais aussi un dispositif crucial pour les économies hors d'Afrique, a affirmé une responsable de l'ONU à Kigali.
22 March 2018
africabusinesscommunities.com
“With the signature of the Kigali Declaration for the Launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Africa makes a giant stride forward in continental integration, in the pan-African vision, and in the development of our continent”, said Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the ECA.
22 March 2018
www.china.org.cn
African leaders on Wednesday signed the agreement to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), but officials and experts said challenges including poor infrastructure and protection of local industries could face the deal's enforcement.
Forty African nations sign continental free trade deal
22 March 2018
22 March 2018
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
Africa has long been known to contribute less to climate change, but remains one of the continents that are most vulnerable to the effects of the phenomena. And while it will be the most impacted continent, it also has the least capacity to respond.
22 March 2018
www.lexpress.mu
Dans le cadre de la Journée internationale de la Francophonie, célébrée mardi, La Route des Cultures a organisé hier soir une conférence, qui s’intitule «L’Afrique qui s’industrialise : une chance pour les entrepreneurs francophones». Pour l’occasion, l’ancien secrétaire général de la Commission de l’océan Indien, Jean Claude de l’Estrac, a pris la parole. Voici l’intégralité de son discours.
22 March 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) applauds the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda.
22 March 2018
allafrica.com
Participants attending the African Climate Talks II (ACT!-II) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia want Africa to change how it does business to reap the benefits of the Paris Agreement.
22 March 2018
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
“With the signature of the Kigali Declaration for the Launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Africa makes a giant stride forward in continental integration, in the pan-African vision, and in the development of our continent”, said Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the ECA.
22 March 2018
www.afriqueprogres.com
Kigali, le 20 mars 2018 (CEA) - Un des outils clés pour le suivi de la mise en oeuvre la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (#ZLECA) sera l'indice pays des entreprises qui vient d'être dévoilé lors du forum des entreprises, à la veille de la signature de l'accord historique.
22 March 2018
www.financialafrik.com
Un des outils clés pour le suivi de la mise en oeuvre la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (#ZLECA) sera l’indice pays des entreprises qui vient d’être dévoilé lors du forum des entreprises, à la veille de la signature de l’accord historique.
22 March 2018
businesstoday.co.ke
African leaders have signed an agreement to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), but officials and experts said challenges including poor infrastructure and protection of local industries could face the deal’s enforcement.
22 March 2018
www.news24.com
Kigali - Africans don't do much business with each other. Only 16% of the trade in the continent is with itself, the rest is with the outside.
22 March 2018
https://allafrica.com
The second African Climate Talks opened in Addis Ababa Thursday with participants discussing issues of climate governance and Africa's participation in global climate negotiations, weather and climate information services, among other topics.
22 March 2018
news.un.org
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the singing of a continental free trade agreement in Africa that has created one of the world’s largest trading blocs with over 50 countries.
22 March 2018
www.just-style.com
Leaders of nearly 50 African nations have signed a deal to create the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), marking a historic milestone in the economic integration of the continent.