For some reason I've never really understood a certain sort of person gets all agitated if you suggest that free trade might solve some of Africa's problems. Take this example today: African ...

African leaders are celebrating the entry into force of a continental free trade agreement that creates what they call the world's largest trading market of 1.2 billion people. The agreement that ...

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG, Jan 1 ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area is a continental agreement which came into force in May 2019. It covers trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition ...

The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to scupper a July 1 target for the first commerce under an African-wide free-trade deal, even if meetings to iron out details are being canceled, according to the ...

The Declaration of Independence was just 11 years old, and America was a very new nation, when the African Free School system was founded in New York City to provide education during slavery and ...

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is the dawn of a fresh start for the continent, and if implemented successfully, it will unleash a new era of prosperity on the back of increased ...

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A blockbuster African trade deal is unlikely to be implemented before early next year, an official said on Friday, after the disruption caused by the new coronavirus made the current July 1 deadline ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. But experts ...