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AfCFTA Secretariat marks Africa IP day 2026 and recognises six African innovators and entrepreneurs
First commemoration held since the adoption of the AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights and eight(8) of its nine(9) Annexes. Awardees from Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda recognised through…
AfCFTA Secretariat and Quest Ghana Limited Sign Joint Venture Agreement to Establish $5.17 Billion AfCFTA Digital Trade Corridor
A continental initiative to build digital infrastructure to facilitate intra-Africa trade with sovereign support from the Republic of Seychelles ACCRA, Ghana & VICTORIA, Seychelles — 31 August 2026 — The AfCFTA…
From ratification to the first shipment: the AfCFTA Secretary-General in Mogadishu
Government, organised labour and the private sector engaged in three days. Somalia is to deposit its instrument of ratification on 2 September. MOGADISHU, 18 August 2026. The Secretary-General of the…
FROM WEST AFRICA TO THE SOUTH: THE AfCFTA SME BOOSTER INITIATIVE REACHES BOTSWANA
The Secretariat opens the Southern Africa cohort in Gaborone, equipping SMEs and business support organisations to trade across one African market Gaborone, Botswana | August 2026 – The African Continental Free…