WANJA: Forget govts and politics, private sector is key to Africa’s free trade area success

Africa is expected to commence trading under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in July 2020.

This gives the continent’s top diplomats, technocrats and negotiators less than a year to agree on the modalities that will govern the world’s largest free trade area since the establishment of the World Trade OrganiSation in 1995.