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African countries have been called upon to promote the free movement of people across their borders to boost intra-African trade, especially at this critical moment in the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area.

In this episode we are focusing on the resolve by African leaders to speed up the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.

The move will reduce the costs of business and ease the movement of goods and services.

African countries must overcome the dynamics associated to travel and trade restrictions if the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area is to bear fruit.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) has called for an institutional response and framework for the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Experts have stressed the need for the new administration to focus more on policies that would help tackle the nation's huge infrastructure deficit, especially the issue of power, as well as maximise potential in leveraging African Continental, Free Trade Agreement opportunities (AfCFTA) to alleviate poverty.

AfCFTA offers some genuine benefits to trade in Africa and should come into its own as the years progress.

This partnership came after Trademark received EU funding to help solve Kenya’s supply chain, storage and logistic challenges.

It is expected that by 2030, most of the products traded within Africa will not attract taxes at border points.

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African Union (AU) member countries to strengthen early warning systems to limit conflicts on the continent.