1. Background, formation and over-arching objective The WCO East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region consists of 24 Member Countries; Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, …
Launch of trade under the AfCFTA on 1 January 2021- What traders need to know
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – Africa’s new trade agreement with its own legal instruments –was officially launched on 1 January 2021. The long-term objective of the AfCFTA …