More than eight years after African leaders decided in 2012 to establish a continent-wide free trade area, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement was concluded and signed on 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. The pact entered into force on 30 May 2019. Of the fifty-five member coun
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