Will opening up Africa's trade area propel or swallow SMEs?
Daily Monitor Tuesday January 19 2021 How the AfCFTA is implemented will have serious ramifications on both small and large enterprises. PHOTO/EDGAR BATTE. Summary The quest for Africa’s unity and formation of African Economic Community which AfCFTA seeks to promote, goes back to independence and the struggle for economic decolonization. Advertisement In its current form, AFCTA winners will be the big businesses. Small and fragile economies, will struggle to benefit from AfCTA if there is no deliberate attempts to redesign the structure to propel rather than predispose sectors that should...