Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year

With #Nigeria becoming the 34th #AfCFTA State Party today, and Ecowas - Cedeao and #EAC submitting their market access offers yesterday, the AfCFTA market, we can confidently say that #Africa is on track to deliver a commercialy viable continental market on 1st January 2021.

Another great day for the #AfCFTA with #Nigeria becoming the 34th @AfricanCFTA State Party! Very pleased to have received the instrument of ratification today from H.E. Richards Adejola, Head of Mission and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the African Union.

'For us MTN Group the #AfCFTA will accelerate growth and our ability to provide services to the majority of Africans in a much more seamless way...We're very excited & encouraged by the developments & Africa moving toward the single market. Ralph
#AfCFTA Countdown #Africa

1)“Two years ago we signed a historic agreement & together wrote a new chapter in the story of African integration. The Covid pandemic has delayed the start of trading. But we must stay on course…Let’s get on with it”
Paul Kagame
at #AfCTABusinessForum #AfCFTA #AfCFTA Countdown

2) 'In #Africa , we will start trading among ourselves in a few weeks. This collaborative action is now more important than ever to rebuilding our economies and Africa’s resilience to future shocks…' Paul Kagame #AfCFTA BusinessForum
#AfCFTA #StartofTrading

3) We need the private sector to be fully involved…and continue to communicate the benefits of #AfCFTA to our citizens, especially young people, mobilise them to remain engaged for the next phases of African integration.” @Paulkagame
#AfCFTA BusinessForum
#OneAfricanMarket

1)...Among many other issues Prof. Benedict Oramah - President of @AfreximBank touched on the #AfCFTABusinessForum panel themed “AfCFTA as the stimulus for Africa’s post-Covid economies”, was the importance of Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS)...(cont...)

H.E. Issoufou Mahamadou, President of Présidence du Niger- a stalwart renown for his staunch support, and as inspirational driving force behind the #AfCFTA , was honoured with a special Champion of the AfCFTA Award at today’s #AfCFTA BusinessForum.
#AfCFTA Countdown #Africa #StartofTrading

.Amb. Albert Muchanga “There's a lot of enthusiasm from everybody. And the private sector. African Ministers of Trade are confident and will recommend to the HoS on the preparations made on the rules of origins & addressing of Non-Tariff Barriers.
#AfCFTABusinessForum #AfCFTACountdown

Hope you are tuning in and following the #AfCFTBusinessForum . Stellar panelists on the High Level Panel onthe Theme: #AfCFTA as the stimulus for Africa’s post-Covid economies' Afreximbank President Prof. Benedicte Oramah; Amb. Albert Muchanga & Ralph
Moderated by Mark Segun Eddo

Happening now! The #AfCFTA BUSINESS FORUM is live and topics under discussion include:
● AfCFTA and Covid-19 recovery
● AfCFTA and young entrepreneurs & start-ups
● AfCFTA and women entrepreneurs
● AfCFTA and job creation and upskilling
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More good news! The Republic of #Cameroon became the 33rd #AfCFTA State Party following deposit of its instrument of ratification this 1st December 2020. More ratifications expected... President Paul BIYA African Union ECA ECA | African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) Afreximbank Afro Champions

Good news! New wave of ratification of #AfCFTA Agreement continues with deposit today of ratification instruments by #Lesotho and #Tunisia , bringing AfCFTA State Parties to 32. More coming...

1st January 2021 will be a momentous day for Africa, as trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will begin. Mark your calendars and join us in the coming weeks as we count down to this historic day.
#AfCFTA #AfCFTA Countdown
#AfCFTA StartofTrading #Africa

The outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea to the African Union, H. E. Ambassador Lim Hoon-min accompanied by his Counselor Myung, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Amb. Albert Muchanga today, to bid him a warm farewell in the presence of his Special Assistant Joseph Chinyemba.

SAVE THE DATE: Join us for the 2020 edition of the Africa Industrialisation Week (AIW), held virtually under the theme 'Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialisation in the #AfCFTA era', from 16 - 20 November 2020. Join the conversation #AIW2020 #AfricaIndustrialisation

Congratulations 2 #Angola 4 depositing its instruments of ratification today with African Union, thus becoming the 30th #AfCFTA State Party. A new wave has been triggered & we expect more instruments in the coming weeks ahead of the start of trading under AfCFTA. Stay tuned.