Africa’s hope for a historic continental free trade area is off to a shaky start

Africa’s hope for a historic continental free trade area is off to a shaky start

African leaders have taken a major step towards a long-held dream of the African Union: free trade across the continent. Yesterday (March 21), in Kigali, 44 leaders signed an agreement to create the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). If ratified by each country, AfCFTA will become one of the world’s largest trading blocs. But…