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Africa’s free trade area is just one ratification away to becoming a reality

Heads of state and panellists speak during the opening of the Africa CEO Forum at the Kigali Convention Center in Rwanda on March 25, 2019. PHOTO | AFRICA CEO FORUM

By  PETER MUNAITA

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said while opening the Africa CEO Forum at the Kigali Convention Center in Rwanda that 21 countries had ratified the Continental Free Trade Area.

Ethiopia last week took the agreement through Parliament, becoming the 21st country to do so.

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