Achieving Continental Free Trade Area pact with quality content

As Africa launches its massive Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) at an extra-ordinary Summit of the African Union in Kigali on March 21, the priority for the last minute preparatory meetings must be to ensure good content and quality to avoid launching an empty or redundant CFTA.

The CFTA promises enormous benefits and welfare gains by doubling intra-Africa trade, but this will all depend on how good the deal finally agreed is and how soon it kicks in.