AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa

19th January 2023

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), established in 2018, will create the world’s largest free trade area, bringing transformative change and tremendous opportunity to African economies and business environments.

Its adoption and implementation will accelerate intra-African trade and develop regional and local value chains, creating new business dynamics that offer investors access to a population of 1.7-billion people with combined business and consumer spending reaching $6.7-billion by 2030.

Report by the World Economic Forum