AfCFTA an important step towards building a competitive Africa, says Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

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The African Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) should be shaped and implemented to enable Africa to create opportunities for its citizens; spur the continent’s industrialization agenda; and ensure inclusive growth, says Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. Speaking at the just-ended 51st session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Addis Ababa, Mr. Ahmed said with the AfCFTA, Africa’s economic integration was inevitable. Mr. Ahmed said Ethiopia was fully aware of the opportunities that the free trade agreement offered and was ready to “follow Rwanda and Ghana for their pioneering role in the ratification of the AfCFTA”.