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African leaders have struck a deal; effecting the ambitious African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January next year.
The deal was struck on Saturday December 5, 2020 during the 13
th Extraordinary Session of the AfCFTA webinar.
“This our Treaty is an immense opportunity for private sector in Africa. It will be a curtain raiser for development expansion of private enterprise on our continent,” says Cyril Ramaphosa, African Union (AU) Chairperson and President of South Africa.
He said that the AfFCTA, which was launched in Kigali – Rwanda in 2018, provides an opportunity for the growth of private sector “and must support the continent through human and financial capital.