- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) began on New Year’s Day 2021.
- It aims to bring continent-wide free trade to 1.3 billion people in an $3.4 trillion economic bloc.
- But challenges including poor road and rail links, political unrest, and excessive border bureaucracy will not disappear overnight.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/african-free-trade-bloc-business-challenges/