Intra-African Trade Report 2022

Africa’s current internal trade is low, making up only about 10 per cent of its total trade... AfCFTA, a new trade agreement, has created Africa's first continent-wide free trade area that could generate greater economic benefits by embracing 54 out of 55 countries with 1.3 billion people and a combined GDP of US $ 3.4 trillion (World Bank Group, 2022)...