Ensuring THE NEW FREE TRADE AREA HAS RULES OF ORIGIN THAT HELP GROW
INTRA-AFRICA TRADE
Accra, Wednesday 17 February 2021 ---
How will African countries ensure that the rules that determine the nationality of goods and services traded under the new free trade agreement are transparent, business friendly and simple?
The AfCFTA Policy Network (APN) is hosting a Zoom webinar with a high-powered panel of Ghanaian and international guests who will address this issue. The panelists include the Assistant Commissioner (Tariff and Trade) Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority, Fechin Akoto, the Morocco Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Imane Ouaadil, the Head of Programs AfCFTA Secretariat, Dr. Francis Mageni, Trade Rules of Origin Expert, Unami Tlhole, the Director of Manufacturing (Quality and Engineering ) General Motors, Shady El Safty, the Managing Director Bank of Africa (Ghana) Mr. Kobby Andah, the Commissioner of Customs Excise and Preventive Service, Ghana Revenue Authority, Col. Kwadwo Damoah Rtd. The event will be held on Saturday 20 February at 2pm.
The forum is organized by the AfCFTA Policy Network in partnership with the Bank of Africa, Group BMCE Bank.0
The Executive Director, AfCFTA Policy Network, Mr. Louis Yaw Afful, said: "The rules of origin are vital to the successful operation of the new African free trade area. In this webinar we hope to hear from experts in public and private sectors about the road map for achieving a set of rules that will stimulate exponential growth in intra-African trade from the current rate of 15 per cent to the predicted rate of 30 per cent."
What is the AfCFTA?
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement has created the largest free trade area in the world measured by the number of countries participating. The pact connects 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) valued at US$3.4 trillion. It has the potential to lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty but achieving its full potential will depend on putting in place significant policy reforms and trade facilitation measures. The free trade pact commenced on 1st January 2021
About AfCFTA Policy Network (APN)
The AfCFTA Policy Network was established in 2019 as the lead and largest international non-governmental organization (NGO) focused primarily as a think tank on African Continental Free Trade Area implementation.
Our Vision
To be the premier information, communication service and governance network representative of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement within Ghana and the Diaspora, leading the secretariat and wider, policy network with a globally relevant, continental perspective.
Our Mission
To create, develop, and deliver relevant and superior resource, information streams and systems that attract, engage and impact the biggest audience and positively impact the continental network of traders, regulatory authorities, policy makers and lifestyles to assure maximum value.
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Zoom Meeting Details
Meeting ID: 864 8741 5950
Meeting Code: 804657
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