Congratulations as Guinea - Bissau becomes the 44th African Country to Ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement
Evans EDEBOR
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Reputed as the largest Free Trade Area (FTA) in the world in terms of the number of participating Countries; AfCFTA is an Intra African Trade Agreement that connects over 1.3 Billion Africans Consumers with a combined GDP of over 3.4 Trillion USD to create a single market that allows free movement of persons, goods, services and investment among Party States (African Countries).
There are 54 signatories (i.e, Number of African Countries that have signed the Agreement) of which 44, i.e., over 80%?have deposited their instruments of ratification.5
Below are the list of Countries that have ratified the Agreement and the date of their ratification
1.) Ghana 10/5/2018
2.) Kenya 10/5/2018
3.) Rwanda 26/05/2018
4.) Niger 19/06/2018
5.) Chad 2/7/2018
6.) Eswatini 2/7/2018
7.) Guinea 16/10/2018
8.) C?te d’Ivoire 23/11/2018
9.) Mali 1/2/2019
10.) Namibia 1/2/2019
11.) South Africa 10/2/2019
12.) Congo, Rep. 10/2/2019
13.) Djibouti 11/2/2019
14.) Mauritania 11/2/2019
15.) Uganda 9/2/2019
16.) Senegal 2/4/2019
17.) Togo 2/4/2019
18.) Egypt 8/4/2019
19.) Ethiopia 10/4/2019
20.) Gambia 16/04/2019
21.) Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 30/04/2019
22.) Sierra Leone 30/04/2019
23.) Zimbabwe 24/05/2019
24.) Burkina Faso 29/05/2019
25.) S?o Tomé & Príncipe 27/06/2019
26.) Equatorial Guinea 2/7/2019
27.) Gabon 7/7/2019
28.) Mauritius 7/10/2019
29.) Somalia 14/08/2020
30.) Central African Rep. 22/09/2020
31.) Angola 4/11/2020
32.) Lesotho 27/11/2020
33.) Tunisia 27/11/2020
34.) Cameroon 1/12/2020
35.) Nigeria 5/12/2020
36.) Malawi 15/01/2021
37.) Zambia 5/2/2021
38.) Algeria 23/06/2021
39.) Burundi 26/08/2021
40.) Seychelles 15/09./2021
41.) Tanzania 17/01/2022
42.) Cape Verde 5/2/2022
43.) Morocco 19/04/2022
44.) Guinea - Bissau 28/09/2022
By ratifying the Agreement, Guinea - Bissau reiterates its commitment to African Solidarity?and unity and further consolidates its role as a regional leader and partner.?
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