With the degree that geopolitical crises are intensifying by the day, my one wish is that African leaders can really garner some momentum with mechanisms such as the AfCFTA to provide us some insulation from the impacts of problems over which we have no influence or stake in

Ryan Cummings Even from an external EU perspective there is a strong self-interested advantage to African security and economic self-reliance that means Brussels doesn't have to focus much on stability on Southern borders and develop higher end trading links.