Promoting Africa’s upstream manufacturing capacity by leveraging on special economic zones in Africa
5 minutos The African Continental Free Trade Area was operationalised by African governments in February 2021 and was anticipated to significantly change Africa’s socio-economic development and growth. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, financial, climatic, and food-related shocks have elevated Africa’s poverty rates and further created socio-economic setbacks in African countries.[1] Therefore, operationalising the AfCFTA framework remains crucial towards strengthening Africa’s economic viability and competitiveness. This can encourage equitable growth, hasten the post-pandemic recovery and enhance the attainment of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and the Continue lendo→
