Tag: intra-African trade

Intra-African trade poised to double in next five years- AfCFTA Secretary General

October 9, 2024

Intra-African trade, still beyond potential, is poised to grow two-fold in the upcoming five years, secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Wamkele ... Read More

AfCFTA implementation hampered by barriers to air travel, intra-African trade — aviation experts

May 1, 2024

Easy movement of people in Africa, also facilitated by affordable airfares, without the hindrances of state boundaries, is one of the key prerequisites for the ... Read More

Burundi-DRC-Tanzania cross-border electrified railway to speed up intra-African trade

April 13, 2023

Burundi and Tanzania have floated a tender for designing and constructing about 282 kilometers of electrified railway, part of East Africa’s wider cross-border electric railway ... Read More

Afreximbank to disburse $85 bln to support intra-African trade

February 12, 2019

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximabank) plans to disburse about $85 billion in support of intra-African trade until 2021, Benedict Okey Oramah, the president and chairperson of ... Read More

Attijariwafa bank Teams up with IFC to bolster Trade & Investment in Africa

March 27, 2018

Attijariwafa bank, a leading pan-African banking group, has teamed up with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to boost cross-border trade and investment ... Read More

AfBD Approves $200 million Loan to Boost Morocco’s Industrialization Plan

July 16, 2017

The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of $200 million to Morocco to boost the country's industrialization plan, local media said. The loan will ... Read More