Brexit and world trade frictions give Africa opportunity to strut its stuff
The new African Continental Free Trade Agreement now covers the world’s largest free trade area.
01 October 2019 - 10:52
Countries in Africa are preparing for the reality that a hard Brexit could lead to increased risk aversion and reduced investor appetite for trade in the region.
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, said the bank might revise its economic growth projections for Africa if global trade conditions worsened. The growth projections are 4% for 2019 and 4.1% in 2020...
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