The Strategic Role of National Trade Facilitation Committees in Advancing the AfCFTA: A Call for Action

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September 14, 2025

Africa Trade Gateway: Building Trust and Seamless Trade Across Borders

The concept of an Africa Trade Gateway emerges as a pivotal framework to overcome these challenges, fostering trust, transparency, and efficiency to realize the full potential of intra-African trade. As a trade policy advisor and advocate for AfCFTA, I believe this gateway can redefine Africa’s role in global commerce, empower its entrepreneurs, and drive inclusive growth.

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September 14, 2025

Advancing Africa’s Green Industrial Future: Insights from the IATF 2025 High-Level Forum on Sustainable Industrialization

From September 4–10, 2025, Algiers, Algeria, became the epicenter of Africa’s economic ambitions as it hosted the Fourth Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025). Among the fair’s many pivotal sessions, a high-level thematic forum convened by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, and Algeria’s Ministry of Industry stood out as a beacon of hope for Africa’s sustainable industrial transformation. Under the theme “Boosting Intra-African Trade for a Sustainable Future: Innovation, Value Addition, and Green Industrialisation,” this forum illuminated the critical role of green and competitive value chains in unlocking the AfCFTA’s potential and positioning African industries as formidable players in global markets.

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August 28, 2025

Unlocking Opportunities for Zimbabwe’s SMEs under the AfCFTA: Insights from the National Workshops

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a landmark agreement connecting 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined GDP of over $3.4 trillion, represents a transformative opportunity for Zimbabwe’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The National Workshops held on 25-26 August 2025 at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MWACSMED), aimed to equip Zimbabwean SMEs with the knowledge and tools to leverage this historic trade agreement.

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August 25, 2025