African economies at the start of the year began officially trading under the largest trading bloc since the establishment of the World Trade Organization, bringing together more than 1.3-billion people in a R50-trillion economic bloc.  

`Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), tariffs will be gradually reduced or phased out within a decade.  ..

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