African CEOs push faster AfCFTA rollout as trade finance, infrastructure gaps weigh on regional commerce

AfCFTA

African business leaders are urging faster implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), saying infrastructure bottlenecks, limited trade financing and fragmented supply chains continue to constrain intra-African commerce and industrial growth. The Africa Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC), a CEO-led platform convened by the UN Global Compact, launched a position paper at the Africa … Read more