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AfCFTA to promote ‘Africa Beyond Aid’

February 20, 2021
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AfCFTA to promote ‘Africa Beyond Aid’

The Minister- designate for Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen has intimated that the successful implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would help build a strong foundation for an “Africa beyond Aid”.

He said the removal of tariffs under AfCFTA would boost intra-African trade, stimulate investment and innovation, foster structural transformation, improve food security, enhance economic growth and export diversification.

Mr Kyerematen made this known in a speech given on his behalf by the Senior Technical Advisor of Trade and Industry, Mr Anthony Nyame-Baafi at a day’s seminar organised by the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFIC) and the Association of Ghana Industry (AGI) in partnership with the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly in Takoradi.

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The Minister-designate said AfCFTA would also provide fresh impetus and dynamism to enhance economic integration in Africa. He mentioned that a recent study by the world bank estimated that smooth implementation of AFCFTA would lift 30 million Africans out of extreme poverty and 70 million from moderate poverty by 2035.

Mr Kyerematen also indicated that the government had put in place all the appropriate mechanisms for the smooth implementation of AfCFTA and the commencement of AfCFTA trading. As AfCFTA becomes a potential game-changer for Africans, he added that the continent must not take “this window of opportunity” lightly.

“AfCFTA will also enhance Ghana’s current industrial development agenda and contribute to the diversification of the Ghanaian economy for accelerated inclusive economic growth and development.”

Mr Alan Kyerematen, Trade Minister- Designate

Mr Kyerematen said Ghana would continue to support the AfCFTA secretariat for a successful implementation to achieve Regional Integration goals, accelerated inclusive economic transformation and development for Africa.

The Metropolitan Chief Executive for the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) Mr Abdul- Mumin Issah, in his welcoming address, said AfCFTA was a game-changer to maximize intra-continental trade among African businesses. The MCE said AfCFTA was an enabling environment for manufacturers, producers, and service providers on the continent to trade among themselves. He said the opportunities offered by AfCFTA would help to transform the living standards of people on the continent.

Mr Issah said it was, therefore, timely to expose industry players in the two Regions, Western and Western North, to the benefits and opportunities of AfCFTA to enable them effectively participate in the African Continental Free Trade.

He said businesses in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis were very well- positioned and poised to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

“As managers of the city, we will welcome any investor ready to invest in the Metropolis to take advantage of the opportunity since there are available lands at the Eshyiem free zone enclave for businesses ready to operate in the metropolis. We are ready to support and facilitate any business ready to set up in the Metropolis.”

Mr Abdul- Mumin Issah

The Chief Executive Officer for Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference (GITFIC), Mr Selasi Koffi Ackom, said the Regional seminars were a directive from the government to spread the news and have all the Regions fully educated and informed. He said with the implementation of AfCFTA, the African continent was on a clear path to prosperity, eradicating poverty, hunger and strengthening its financial state as well as boosting trade.

“The future of Africans is AfCFTA because with the creation of trade opportunity platforms by the AU it is helping businesses to trade among themselves easily.”

Mr Selasi Koffi Ackom

Read also: No country has 100% preparedness when it comes to AfCFTA- Louis Yaw Afful

Tags: AfCFTAAfrica Beyond AidAfrican UnionEconomic Growth and DevelopmentIndustrialization
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