JOHN DLUDLU: Steering Africa towards realising free-trade pact
Top commerce diplomat Wamkele Mene is trying to sell the benefits of intracontinental dealing to governments and businesspeople
26 April 2023 - 05:00
As the civil war in Sudan that has claimed more than 400 lives raged on over the past fortnight, Africa’s chief trade diplomat, Wamkele Mene, was in his native SA trying to sell the benefits of intra-African trade to governments and businesspeople.
Mene, a young trade lawyer from the Eastern Cape who leads the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as its secretary-general, was offered two premium platforms to address leading business people, diplomats and investors...
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