Free trade area in danger of being a ‘paper tiger’
It HAS been more than two years since the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was launched, to much fanfare, in January 2021.
The new trade regime, which created the world’s largest free trade area, bringing together 54 countries and 1.3 billion people, was intended to deepen regional integration and forge a single liberalised market for goods, services, capital and labour.
Article 3 of the agreement states that the general objectives
