The Wealth Africa Refuses to Trade
Liberty Sparks Kenya’s Musila Muoki has argued in a new piece that African governments are stifling economic growth by maintainingContinue Reading
Tag: African Continental Free Trade Area
The Costs of Nigeria’s Import Bans
Ominira Initiative Free Trade Fellow Victor Ejechi has written in The Cable criticising Nigeria’s embrace of costly import bans. HeContinue Reading
AfCFTA and Zambia’s Opportunity to Build, Trade, and Lead
Africa stands at a pivotal economic crossroads. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), The world ‘largest free trade agreement by numberContinue Reading
Nigerian Trade ‘At a Defining Moment’
Trade in Nigeria is at a defining moment. Our markets are busy, our entrepreneurs are resilient. Yet beneath this activityContinue Reading
East and West African Trade Blocs Show What Success and Failure Looks Like for AfCFTA
The contrast between the Kenya–Tanzania and Mali–Burkina Faso borders demonstrates that AfCFTA is neither self-executing nor immune to political shocks.