Tag: Continental Trade Area

Nigeria absent as 44 other African countries sign agreement to establish continental trade area

Mar 21, 2018

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by

Olaotan Falade

in Nigeria, World

African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda. The signing took place during the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on the AfCFTA. Nigeria was however absent at the signing. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday…