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EDITORIAL: Continental trade deal needs goodwill of all African states
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
The Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) signed by more than 40 African nations on Wednesday captures the dream of tens of millions, but faces huge obstacles along the way.
It could as well collapse even before take-off unless urgent and sustained measures are taken to make it a reality. To start with, the African Union needs to find ways of persuading the 11 out of 55 countries that failed to sign the initial agreement to get on board.
