African Continental Free Trade Area: Background and Role of Customs

Creck Buyonge Mirito Principal Consultant and CEO, Customs & International Trade Associates (CITA) Limited, Kenya
November 20, 2021
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African Continental Free Trade Area: Background and Role of Customs

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Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was signed on 21 March 2018. The AfCFTA is the latest of many regional integration initiatives that go back to the years prior to the colonization of Africa, of integration efforts by the colonial powers, and of initiatives by the independent African States.

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