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Estimates by UNECA suggest that the Agreement has the potential both to boost intra-African trade by 52.3 per cent u2013 by 2020 u2013 by eliminating import duties, and to double this trade if non-tariff barriers are also reduced. / Courtesy
Business

Optimism ahead of upcoming AU Extraordinary Summit in Niamey

Thursday, July 04, 2019
Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria tweeted that Nigeria will sign the agreement at the upcoming Extraordinary Summit of the AU in Niamey.

Nigeria set to sign AfCFTA deal

Wednesday, July 03, 2019
Employees pack tea bags at the SORWATHE headquarters. East African countries are among top tea producers globally. / Emmanuel Kwizera

Issues that could shape AfCTA implementation

Thursday, June 27, 2019
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat holds the instruments after they were signed by the heads of state and representatives from various African countries in Kigali. (File)

AU urges African businesses to take lead in continental free trade area

Thursday, June 20, 2019
President Kagame participates in a spotlight session with Eisenhower Fellowships president, George de Lama. / Village Urugwiro

FEATURED: Business pictorial – Eisenhower Fellows discuss Globalisation 4.0

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Participants at last weeku2019s Eisenhower Fellowships meeting in Kigali discussed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. / Village Urugwiro

AfCFTA: Calls grow to bridge information gap

Monday, June 17, 2019
The New Times

Why AfCFTA entry into force is a big achievement

Monday, June 17, 2019
President Kagame, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (left) and members of the Africa Union Reform team met on Saturday to review the progress on the reforms process. / Village Urugwiro

Kagame hosts AU reforms team to review progress

Sunday, June 16, 2019
Participants at the Eisenhower Fellowships conference discussed the African Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali yesterday. Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda

Experts, businesses weigh in on AfCFTA implementation

Friday, June 14, 2019
The New Times

What next after DR Congo makes formal request to join EAC bloc?

Thursday, June 13, 2019
Panelists during a past Global Leadership Summit. Rwanda will be the first African country to host the summit. Previous summits have been held in Dubai, Beijing, Dublin, Santiago, Chile and Malaga. Net photo.
Rwanda

Global Leadership Summit due in Kigali

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
President Kagame and his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo Ondimba at the Palais de la Renovation in Gabonu2019s capital Libreville on Monday. Kagame was in the west African nation to help bolster bilateral ties between the two countries and to visit Bongo who has recently been ill. Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda

President Kagame visits Gabonese counterpart

Monday, June 10, 2019