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African Development Bank Board approves $4.8 million grant to accelerate African free trade [1]

Thursday 11 April, 2019 - 8:33

 

11 April 2019 

On 1 April 2019, the Board of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org [2]) approved an institutional support grant of $4.8 million to the African Union (AU) to accelerate the momentum of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), which received its 22nd ratification on 2 April, bringing the agreement into force.

The AfCFTA is a major force for continental integration. It will expand intra-African trade by up to $35 billion per year and usher in freedom of movement for goods, services and people across the continent’s internal borders, with a regime of reduced tariffs and non-tariff barriers to cut the cost of doing business on the continent. It will also boost agriculture and industrial exports by up to $66 billion per year.
 

 

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[1] http://www.ngopulse.org/african-development-bank-board-approves-48-million-grant-accelerate-african-free-trade
[2] http://www.afdb.org/
[3] https://www.africanews.com/2019/04/10/african-development-bank-board-approves-48-million-grant-to-accelerate-african-free-trade/