DW: African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone
It took African countries four years to agree to a free-trade deal in March. The trade zone will unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development across the continent.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Benin's President Patrice Talon on Sunday signed a landmark trade agreement ahead of the accord's official launch at the African Union (AU) summit in Niger.
AU commission chairman Moussa Faki dubbed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal a "historic" moment.
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2 comments:
This is what Gaddafi was killed for. They better not start getting any crazy ideas in their heads like a common currency or bye-bye to them as well.
Yeah good luck to Africa! too long that this continent was held down. Time they get their fair share $€£¥₩ :)
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