AfCFTA’s first deal to go ahead, despite virus complications
While meetings to rubber stamp details of the African trade area agreement have been affected, its first trade is still scheduled for July 1
11 March 2020 - 18:45
Abidjan — The coronavirus outbreak is unlikely to scupper a July 1 target for the first commerce under the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA), even if meetings to iron out details are being canceled, said the zone’s most senior official.
Cross-border travel bans by some governments, as well as restrictions imposed by companies on their employees, have led to conferences being canceled. The Africa CEO Forum, which was scheduled for this week in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, was postponed at short notice due to the coronavirus outbreak...
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