African Continental Free Trade Agreement

African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)

Working languages| English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
Official languages
of contracting states| English, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish
Type| Trade agreement
Membership|

44 states

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire
* Democratic Republic of Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Kenya
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Niger
* Republic of Congo
* Rwanda
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zimbabwe

Establishment

• Agreement signed

| 21 March 2018

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is a trade agreement between 44 African Union member states[1][2][3], with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single currency union.[4][5] The AfCFTA was signed in Kigali, Rwanda on 21 March 2018. Signing the Agreement does not yet establish the African Continental Free Trade Area. It will function as an umbrella to which protocols and annexes will be added. Once all documents are concluded and ratified by 22 states, the free trade area will formally exist.[6]

Negotiations will continue in 2018 with Phase II, including Competition Policy, Investment and Intellectual Property Rights. A draft shall be submitted for the January 2020 AU Assembly.[7]

Kenya and Ghana were the first countries to deposit the ratification instruments on 10th May 2018 after ratification through their parliaments.[8]

## Partner states

Country  | Signed By  | afCFTA Consolidated Text  | Kigali Declaration  | Free Movement Protocol

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Algeria  | Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Angola  | President João Lourenço  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Central African Republic  | President Faustin Archange Touadéra  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Chad  | President Idriss Déby  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Comoros  | President Azali Assoumani  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Djibouti  | President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Equatorial Guinea  | Prime Minister Francisco Pascual Obama Asue  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Gabon  | President Ali Bongo Ondimba  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Gambia  | President Adama Barrow  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Ghana  | President Nana Akufo-Addo  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Ivory Coast  | Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan  | Yes  | No  | No
Kenya  | President Uhuru Kenyatta  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Lesotho  | Prime Minister Tom Thabane  | No  | Yes  | Yes
Mauritania  | President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Morocco  | Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani  | Yes  | No  | No
Mozambique  | President Filipe Nyusi  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Niger  | President Mahamadou Issoufou  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Republic of the Congo  | President Denis Sassou Nguesso  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Rwanda  | President Paul Kagame  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
President Mohamed Abdelaziz  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Senegal  | President Macky Sall  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Seychelles  | Vice President Vincent Meriton  | Yes  | Yes  | No
South Africa  | President Cyril Ramaphosa  | No  | Yes  | No
Sudan  | President Omar al-Bashir  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Eswatini  | Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Tanzania  | Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa  | No  | Yes  | No
Zimbabwe  | President Emmerson Mnangagwa  | Yes  | Yes  | No

## References

1. ↑ "African states agree massive trade bloc" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2018-03-21. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43489255.
2. ↑ "Africa Set to Agree $3 Trillion Trade Bloc, Without Key Economy" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2018-03-21. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/africa-set-to-agree-3-trillion-trade-bloc-without-key-economy.
3. ↑ AfricaNews. "Forty-four countries sign historic African Union free trade agreement | Africanews" (in en). Africanews. http://www.africanews.com/2018/03/21/forty-four-countries-sign-historic-africa-union-free-trade-agreement/.
4. ↑ "African Union - African Continental Free Trade Area". https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/33984-doc-qa_cfta_en_rev15march.pdf.
5. ↑ "African Continental Free Trade Area: What you need to know". https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/african-continental-free-trade-area-afcfta-180317191954318.htm. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
6. ↑ Erasmus, Gerhard (22 March 2018). "How will the AfCFTA be established and its Legal Instruments be implemented?" (in en-gb). tralac Discussion (trade law center). https://www.tralac.org/discussions/article/12869-how-will-the-afcfta-be-established-and-its-legal-instruments-be-implemented.html.
7. ↑ "Decision on the draft agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)". African Union. 21 March 2018. https://au.int/sites/default/files/decisions/34055-ext_assembly_dec_1x_e26_march.pdf.
8. ↑ "Kenya and Ghana to ratify instruments of African Continental Free Trade Area | African Union" (in en). https://au.int/en/newsevents/20180510/kenya-and-ghana-ratify-instruments-african-continental-free-trade-area.

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