Business Day was the only newspaper in the country to print two articles on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on facing pages on November 8, because it realises the seriousness and potential of the agreement.
The articles by Geoffrey White (“The challenge of how to make Africa’s free trade agreement work (https://www.businesslive.co.za/ft/opinion/columnists/2019-11-07-the-challenge-of-how-to-make-africas-free-trade-agreement-work/)”) and Peter Leon (“Economic nationalism in Africa’s giants holds back free trade”) (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2019-11-07-peter-leon-economic-nationalism-in-africas-giants-holds-back-free-trade/) flag some of the obstacles that lie ahead...
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