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Continental free trade area deal overdue

African heads of states and governments during the African Union Summit for the agreement to establish the Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 21, 2018. AFP PHOTO

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By  Jaindi Kisero

Columnist

Experience with regional economic groupings in Africa has long turned many supporters of trading blocs into cynics.

Yet the fact that African heads of state recently came together in Kigali, Rwanda, to sign a protocol establishing a continental free trade area marked a major milestone on the road to what was perceived as far back as the Lagos Plan of Action.

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