42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council Theme: Accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)StatementByAntonio PedroActing Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Addis Ababa, 15 February 2023Her Excellency, Madame Aissata Tall Sall, Chairperson of the Executive Council, and Minister of Foreign
Malabo, 13 February 2023 (ECA) - the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa (SRO-CA), in collaboration with the ECA African Trade Policy Center (ATPC), is currently providing support to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in the development of a national strategy for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) signed in Kigali, Rwanda, on 21st March 2018 is a key milestone in Africa’s integration agenda. Almost all (seven out of eight) of the IGAD Partner States signed the Agreement establishing the AfCFTA. Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda have ratified the Agreement while Somalia has committed to
The African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation Support Project, a joint project established and funded by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (http://www.ITFC-idb.org) and the Trade Development Fund (TDFD), today announced a number of project milestone developments and the