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Nigeria has expanded its African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) export corridor through a new partnership with RwandAir aimed at reducing logistics costs and improving access to Eastern and Southern African markets.
Somalia is sharpening its focus on trade-led growth, leveraging its extensive coastline and port infrastructure to expand livestock exports.
AfCFTA and AGRA sign a three-year Agriculture Trade Action Plan to reduce food import costs and tackle non-tariff barriers.
Two new digital platforms, BiasharaLink and Deal House, aim to convert trade enquiries into trackable, financed deals by repositioning diplomatic missions as execution-focused facilitators.
Intra-African trade has climbed to about Sh28.8 trillion (around $220.3 billion), signaling growing momentum in regional commerce. But experts warn that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is still falling short of its intended on-the-ground impact, with implementation delays and persistent frictions limiting how fast deeper integration can move.
New platform, ADAPT, aims to modernize cross-border trade, cut costs and support full AfCFTA integration by 2035.
TRT Manufacturing and TradeDepot launch Africa Trade Engine to boost AfCFTA trade, local production, job creation.
Addis Ababa begins duty-reduction rollout across 24 African nations, aligning with export surge and deeper trade opportunities.
During an Accra visit, Comptroller-General of The Nigeria Customs Service Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene aligned on data governance, coordination among Customs heads, and the Abuja C-PACT conference.
Ethiopia fixes 9 October 2025 for its AfCFTA roll-out, while Togo convenes a three-day review to sharpen its national implementation plan.