Nigeria, AfCFTA push Africa’s $180bn digital trade

Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, and the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, have urged African countries to accelerate trade in digitally delivered services, describing the continent’s $180bn digital economy as a major untapped opportunity for growth, investment and economic integration
AfCFTA, UNDP, Nigeria Demand Urgent Action to Put Women at Centre of Africa’s Economic Integration – THISDAYLIVE

African leaders yesterday made a compelling case for placing women at the heart of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), warning that the continent’s ambition to create the world’s largest single market would remain unrealised unless governments urgently remove structural barriers limiting female entrepreneurs and traders