It’s likely that free movement will advance first among groupings within regional communities.
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Africa’s outer space programme can help the continent meet its other flagship goals.
African countries are struggling to implement the African Union’s protocol on free movement four years after its ratification.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
Despite reasonable fears, Nigeria – home to Africa’s largest economy – has a lot to gain from signing on the proposed continent-wide free trade agreement.
Informal trade between African countries is greatly underestimated. A study of patterns across Benin’s borders helps fill the knowledge gap.
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