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<p>During the 2008 and 2009 global financial crisis, credit lines for emerging markets dried up.</p>


Afreximbank: How COVID-19 has impacted trade finance in Africa

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<p>The African Continental Free trade Area, is a signature achievement of African leaders unparalled in recent times. It creates a common market for Africa&#8217;s 55 territories with a combined spending power in excess of $3.5 trillion dollars. Most economic experts have warned that there will be no bonanza unless there is complete buy-in from the private sector. Kweku Bedu-Addo, Chief Executive Officer Standard Chartered Southern Africa joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Standard Chartered’s Bedu-Addo discusses the private sector’s key role in AfCFTA success

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<p>As countries in Africa work to recover from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement offers an opportunity to support this recovery. Akin Dawodu, Citi&#8217;s Cluster Head for Sub-Saharan Africa joins CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor and Godfrey Mutizwa as they explore what role banks can play in facilitating cross border trade.</p>


AfCFTA: How financial institutions can facilitate cross-border trade

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<p>The United Kingdom is part of the country’s hardest hit by the Corona virus with over 126 000 deaths to date. Through the Covax fund used to fight the pandemic around the world, the country has provided $734 million. With the UK&#8217;s foreign policy announced earlier this month in the integrated review, CNBC Africa spoke to James Duddridge, Minister of Africa in the United Kingdom for more.</p>


James Duddridge on the UK’s role in Africa’s economic recovery

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<p>The AfDB’s African Development Institute and its Global Community of Practice Partners held a policy dialogue to address gaps in the structure and scale of funding constraints to African institutions. Kevin Urama, Senior Director of the ADI at the African Development Bank joins CNBC Africa to explore ways to strengthen institutional capacities for inclusive development in Africa.</p>


COVID-19: How to strengthen institutional capacity for inclusive development in Africa

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<p>At the State House visit to President Buhari, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says the African Continental Free Trade Agreement provides a unique opportunity for Nigeria to improve its standing on trade. She also urged the government to add value to products to create jobs and trade more.</p>


WTO Director General: AfCFTA provides a unique opportunity for Nigeria to improve trade

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<p>In its African Economic Outlook report, the AfDB says Africa needs to adopt a competition policy that makes markets work for the continent and fosters regional integration, using the African Continental Free Trade Area. Khaled Sherif, Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery at the AfDB joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


AfDB: How the AfCFTA can help Africa regain momentum lost to COVID-19

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<p>The African Development Bank has projected a 3.4 per cent recovery for the continent this year from a 2.1 per cent contraction in 2020. The bank’s Vice President and Chief Economist, Rabah Arezeki says there is still uncertainty with regards to Africa’s economic outlook but adds that debt relief and strong shift in governance system will allow the continent to really shape its recovery.</p>


COVID-19: AfDB projects 3.4% economic recovery for Africa in 2021

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<p>In a chat with CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi, the Director of Tax Programmes at the African Tax Administration Forum, Mary Baine explores strategies to curb illicit financial flows in Africa. Baine says African countries must build their tax administrative capacities so that they are able to access, collect and account for revenue that comes into their countries.</p>


ATAF’s Mary Baine on rethinking ways to manage illicit financial flows in Africa

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<p>The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is not just a trade agreement, but it is our hope for Africa to be lifted out of poverty.</p>


AfCFTA’s Mene: I’m confident we will have 40 ratifications by July

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<p>Nigeria’s National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement has kicked off an awareness and sensitization tour across the country. The campaign aims to prepare Nigerians in the public and private sectors to take advantage of the pan-African trade agreement. Francis Anatogu, Secretary of the National Action Committee on AfCFTA joins CNBC Africa to discuss the progress of Nigeria’s AfCFTA agenda.</p>


How is Nigeria positioning to benefit from the AfCFTA?

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<p>SMEs account for over 75 per cent of Rwanda&#8217;s businesses and there are fears that with the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, they can be overshadowed by large corporations. Rwanda&#8217;s Minister for Trade and Industry, Soraya Hakuziyaremye spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Soraya Hakuziyaremye: How Rwandan SMEs can to tap into the AfCFTA

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<p>The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement which launched operations on the 1st of January this year aims to accelerate intra-African trade and boost Africa’s trading position in the global market. But what does this mean for the continent&#8217;s largest trading partner, China? CNBC Africa spoke to Carlos Lopes, Professor at the University of Cape Town, for more.</p>


How the AfCFTA impacts China-Africa trade relations

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<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s explosion to a record $51000 has driven an exponential interest in the potential of digital currencies.</p>


The investment case for digital currencies in Africa

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<p>External trade in East Africa saw a sharp decline at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, exports defied the effects of the pandemic, surpassing 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2020. For more on trade performance in the region, CNBC Africa spoke to Andrew Mold, Chief of Regional Integration &#038; AfCFTA Cluster at UNECA.</p>


Hope for trade as East Africa exports rebound from lockdowns

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<p>The 34th African Union Summit took place a couple of weeks ago, where elections for the executive arm of the body took place. Albert Muchanga was re-elected as the Commissioner of Trade &#038; Industry at the African Union Commission. With the Africa Continental Free Trade Area implemented this year, there is a lot of excitement for trade in Africa. Albert Muchanga, joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


AU Commission’s Albert Muchanga lists top priorities in AfCFTA rollout

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<p>2020 was tough year for the world&#8217;s economies, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and the African continent has not been immune to the effects of the virus. But the gospel of economic growth on the continent remains; with Afreximbank projecting that aggregate output for Africa will expand by around 4.5 per cent. Hippolyte Fofack, Chief Economist at Afreximbank joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


AfCFTA

Afreximbank: How COVID-19 has impacted trade finance in Africa

Standard Chartered’s Bedu-Addo discusses the private sector’s key role in AfCFTA success

AfCFTA: How financial institutions can facilitate cross-border trade

James Duddridge on the UK’s role in Africa’s economic recovery

COVID-19: How to strengthen institutional capacity for inclusive development in Africa

WTO Director General: AfCFTA provides a unique opportunity for Nigeria to improve trade

AfDB: How the AfCFTA can help Africa regain momentum lost to COVID-19

COVID-19: AfDB projects 3.4% economic recovery for Africa in 2021

ATAF’s Mary Baine on rethinking ways to manage illicit financial flows in Africa

AfCFTA’s Mene: I’m confident we will have 40 ratifications by July

How is Nigeria positioning to benefit from the AfCFTA?

Soraya Hakuziyaremye: How Rwandan SMEs can to tap into the AfCFTA

How the AfCFTA impacts China-Africa trade relations

The investment case for digital currencies in Africa

Hope for trade as East Africa exports rebound from lockdowns

AU Commission’s Albert Muchanga lists top priorities in AfCFTA rollout

2021 Outlook: Afreximbank expects robust recovery for African economies

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AfCFTA

Afreximbank: How COVID-19 has impacted trade finance in Africa

Standard Chartered’s Bedu-Addo discusses the private sector’s key role in AfCFTA success

AfCFTA: How financial institutions can facilitate cross-border trade

James Duddridge on the UK’s role in Africa’s economic recovery

COVID-19: How to strengthen institutional capacity for inclusive development in Africa

WTO Director General: AfCFTA provides a unique opportunity for Nigeria to improve trade

AfDB: How the AfCFTA can help Africa regain momentum lost to COVID-19

COVID-19: AfDB projects 3.4% economic recovery for Africa in 2021

ATAF’s Mary Baine on rethinking ways to manage illicit financial flows in Africa

AfCFTA’s Mene: I’m confident we will have 40 ratifications by July

How is Nigeria positioning to benefit from the AfCFTA?

Soraya Hakuziyaremye: How Rwandan SMEs can to tap into the AfCFTA

How the AfCFTA impacts China-Africa trade relations

The investment case for digital currencies in Africa

Hope for trade as East Africa exports rebound from lockdowns

AU Commission’s Albert Muchanga lists top priorities in AfCFTA rollout

2021 Outlook: Afreximbank expects robust recovery for African economies

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