ECA says will to continue supporting Kenya in implementing its AfCFTA strategy
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said it would continue to contribute to the review and finalization of Kenya’s strategy for implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. ECA’s Director for the Regional Integration and Trade Division, Stephen Karingi, gave the assurance on 1 March during the opening of a retreat to review the East African country’s AfCFTA implementation strategy in Naivasha. The retreat will run until 5 March as experts from the Government of Kenya, private sector and technical partners review and finalize the strategy. It has the potential to generate a range of benefits through supporting trade creation, structural transformation, productive employment and poverty reduction. It will also constitute a significant milestone towards the realization of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socio-economic transformation of the continent. The ECA has been working with the African Union Commission (AUC) and member states of the AU to deepen Africa's trade integration and effectively implement the agreement through policy advocacy and national strategy development.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2021-03
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45652 |
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