Trading a reality in Africa

  • Making open trade a reality in Africa

    Making open trade a reality in Africa

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    By Albert M. Muchanga and Arancha Gonzalèz On 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic and Kwame Nkrumah was sworn into office as Ghana’s first president. Exactly 60 years later, on 1 July 2020, a longed-for objective of Nkrumah’s Pan-Africanist dream will become a reality when the first goods and services are set to be traded under the terms of the new African Continental Free Trade Area. It is also fitting that Accra, the…