At the start of March, before the novel coronavirus kicked us hard in the ribs, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Trademark East Africa released a report titled Creating a Unified Regional Market: Towards the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area in East Africa.
It was music to the ears of East Africanistas, punting that East Africa could earn $1.8 billion in welfare gains, and see the creation of two million jobs from the successful implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area in East Africa (AfCFTA), which is scheduled to become operational in July this year.
