Dr Frank Udemba, National President of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has said the association had reservations on the impact of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Nigeria’s economy,

Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday declared support for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and urged Nigeria to sign the agreement. He made the declaration during the second National Committee on Export Promotion Meeting in Lagos. “Nigeria is one of the two countries left to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement; typical…

Forty-nine out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, said AU chairperson Paul Kagame. Kagame, who is also the Rwandan president, made the announcement in Nouakchott during the closing ceremony of the 31st summit of the 55-member African Union. South Africa, Sierra Leone, Namibia,…

Though the opportunities in African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) outweigh the drawbacks, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has advocated ...

The Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) has said it would examine the desirability or otherwise of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Nigeria did not sign the African free continental trade agreement because the federal government did not want to hurt the country's private sector. VP Osinbajo stated this on Thursday at the FT Nigeria Summit. He said the private sector was uncomfortable with the details and letters of the agreement because…

The Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiation (NOTN) says the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will assist to address the issue of unemployment...

A Northeast Stakeholders’ Forum has urged the Federal Government to adopt African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the area.According to the forum, it was necessary for the effective monitoring of economic growth and development.

Although the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) seeks to create a wider market for trade, local manufacturers are seeking government’s intervention in limiting the number of product lines that will be liberalised, as a protectionist measure. According to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), certain product lines need to be protected from the liberalised…

Stakeholders have called for combined efforts to stem the illicit movement of money in Africa.

Nigeria has been called upon to reconsider its reluctance to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, some economic analysts said in separate interviews in Addis Ababa.

The success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will rest significantly on the ability of the continent’s private sector to generate or create the goods that will enter the trade, Dr. Benedict Oramah, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has said. Addressing Egyptian business leaders at a breakfast organized in Cairo, Dr.…