Key Pillars Mostly in Place to Speed up Africa’s Free Trade in 2022

Factory workers producing garments for overseas clients, in Accra, Ghana. Credit: World Bank
By Kingsley IghoborUNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 2022 (USNewsRank)
The official start of free trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January 2021 moved a major continental aspiration closer to reality.
One year later, cross-border trade in goods and services may not exactly be in…