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22 March 2018
www.cameroon-tribune.cm
The agreement signed yesterday in Rwanda gives birth to the world’s largest free trade area and bolsters regional integration.
22 March 2018
afrique.direct.news
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 (...)
22 March 2018
burkinademain.com
Le communiqué de presse ci-après du Bureau Sous- Régional pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest de la Commission économique des Nations Unies (CEA /BSR-AO) est relatif à la signature ce mercredi 21 mars 2018 à Kigali, au Rwanda, de Déclaration pour le lancement de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECA).
21 March 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
African political and business leaders met in Kigali as part of the African Union Summit on the Continental Free Trade Area. There were in-depth deliberations and exchanges that sought to leverage the power of businesses to drive Africa’s integration agenda.
21 March 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Members of Africa’s private sector are upbeat that the signing of the Continental Free African Trade Area agreement could present an opportunity for growth.
21 March 2018
www.journaldebrazza.com
Le sommet historique de Kigali sur la Zone de libre-échange continental prévu ce 21 mars 2018, verra la participation que quelque 29 Chefs d’Etat. Niger, Ouganda, Tchad, Congo Brazzaville, Djibouti, RD Congo, Togo, Mauritanie, Gabon, Guinée, Sénégal, Kenya, Mali, Madagascar, Guinée Bissau, Mozambique, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, la République Centrafricaine, la Libye, les Comores, le Ghana, le Lesotho...
20 March 2018
www.herald.co.zw
KIGALI. – UN and the African Union (AU) officials yesterday urged African countries to take more measures as Africa is launching the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
20 March 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCTFA) on Monday entered the second last step towards its signing as Foreign Affairs Ministers from across the continent began reviewing the draft.
20 March 2018
ktpress.rw
With less than 24 hours to the historic signing of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement, President Paul Kagame has alerted Africans to get prepared for more challenges that will follow the signing.
20 March 2018
beninwebtv.com
Les pays africains devraient signer un accord qui lancera la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ALE) à Kigali, au Rwanda, mercredi. La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) a estimé que la mise en œuvre de l’accord pourrait augmenter le commerce intra-africain de 52% d’ici 2022, par rapport au niveau du commerce en 2010.
20 March 2018
allafrica.com
The key to creating an effective free trade area in Africa is to increase production on the continent, to tap on the huge opportunities offered by the African market, which will reach 3.6 trillion dollars by 2025, said Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission in Africa, ECA. With the historical signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA)...
20 March 2018
www.busiweek.com
Speaking at the opening session of the Council meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community and Chairperson of African Union Executive Council, Louise Mushikiwabo said that the signing of the Continental Free Trade Area agreement is a historical landmark.
20 March 2018
www.xinhuanet.com
KIGALI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is not only a tremendous opportunity for business in Africa, but also crucial to economies outside Africa, says a UN official to Xinhua.
20 March 2018
www.aljazeera.com
African countries are set to put their signature to an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday.
20 March 2018
allafrica.com
A key tool for monitoring the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will be through a Country Business Index that was revealed at a Business Forum on the eve of the signing of the historic agreement.
20 March 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
As Martin Luther King once said, we are not makers of history, we are made by history.
19 March 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) is expected to significantly drive up intra-Africa trade by about 52 per cent, officials from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have said.
19 March 2018
www.niameyetles2jours.com
(Niamey et les 2 jours) - L’Union africaine se prépare à lancer à Kigali (Rwanda) ce mercredi, un des projets phares de l’agenda 2063. Il s’agit de la mise en place de la Zone de libre-échange continentale (ZLEC), censée renforcer l’intégration économique et révolutionner le commerce intra-africain.
19 March 2018
www.infosplusgabon.com
Cotonou, Bénin, 19 mars (Infosplusgabon) - La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le ministère du Plan et du Développement du Bénin organisent, mardi à Cotonou, un atelier national sur l’intégration de la rédevabilité dans la planification du développement, a-t-on appris, auprès des organisateurs.
19 March 2018
allafrica.com
Dar es Salaam — A new report on the Dimensions of Inequality in Tanzania was released Monday in Dar es Salaam by the Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and REPOA, a Tanzanian independent research institution.
19 March 2018
www.ghanaweb.com
Mrs Mary Awelana Addah, the Programmes Manager, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), has urged Ghanaians to take a proactive stand in the fight against corruption, which had eaten deep into the society.
19 March 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on African countries to sign massively, ratify urgently and apply scrupulously what he called a “landmark agreement” that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).The Free Trade Area is one of the flagship projects of the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063, and aims to deepen the...
19 March 2018
www.journalducameroun.com
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called on African countries to sign massively, ratify urgently and apply scrupulously what he called a “landmark agreement” that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).The Free Trade Area is one of the flagship projects of the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063, and aims to deepen the...
19 March 2018
apanews.net
Le président de la Commission de l’Union africaine (UA), Moussa Faki Mahamat a appelé, lundi, les pays africains à signer massivement, à ratifier d’urgence et à appliquer scrupuleusement ce qu’il a décrit comme un « accord historique » qui va lancer la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLEC).
19 March 2018
www.infosplusgabon.com
Cotonou, Bénin, 19 mars (Infosplusgabon) - La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) et le ministère du Plan et du Développement du Bénin organisent, mardi à Cotonou, un atelier national sur l’intégration de la rédevabilité dans la planification du développement, a-t-on appris, ce lundi, auprès des organisateurs.