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‘Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key to Africa’s growth’

Seeing potential: Mene PIC THE AFRICAN REPORT.COM
Seeing potential: Mene PIC THE AFRICAN REPORT.COM

ALGIERS: The current global context, marked by uncertainties and shifting trade patterns, serves as a reminder that Africa must act with urgency to accelerate the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), delegates meeting here have said.

The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) wraps up this week with the continent’s leaders discussing the way forward in using trade to power growth in Africa.

The goal is to build resilience, safeguard collective interests, and unlock Africa’s full economic potential, delegates said.

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