SMEs: AfCFTA Still Faces a Readiness Gap
[CAVIE-ACCI] Selling to Dakar, Nairobi or Kinshasa from Yaoundé is now possible on paper. With a continental market of more than 1.5 billion people, the African Continental Free Trade Area…
AfCFTA: Nigeria Cuts Certificate of Origin Issuance Time to 24 Hours
[ACCI-CAVIE] Reducing the time required to obtain an AfCFTA Certificate of Origin marks an important step towards facilitating African exports. In Nigeria, processing time has now been reduced to twenty-four…
The AfCFTA Digital Trade Corridor: The Infrastructure Reshaping Commercial Power in Africa
[CAVIE-ACCI] The agreement signed on 31 August 2026 between the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and Quest Ghana to establish a continental digital trade corridor marks a new…
WOMEN AND YOUTH IN INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE: TURNING MARKET ACCESS INTO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
[ACCI-CAVIE] Africa's next generation of entrepreneurs won't be defined only by their ability to build businesses, but by their ability to cross borders and compete beyond their home markets. The…
TRADE CORRIDORS: WHEN GEOGRAPHY BECOMES A BUSINESS DECISION
[ACCI-CAVIE] In June 2026, Nigeria expanded its East and Southern Africa air cargo initiative through a partnership with RwandAir, extending access to Kigali, Lusaka and Harare while strengthening connections with…
African Value Chains: Export Less, Process More; But Where?
[ACCI-CAVIE] Africa exports enormous volumes of raw materials, yet captures only part of the value created from them. The obvious response is to transform more locally. But for a company,…
Non-Tariff Barriers: Where Are the Real Costs of an African Market?
[ACCI-CAVIE] Entering an African market is often approached through a familiar question: what tariff will apply to the product? Yet customs duties represent only one part of the real cost…
AfCFTA: driving the transformation of air transport in West Africa
[ACCI-CAVIE] Air transport, a strategic pillar for economic development, remains a major challenge in West Africa. Despite outdated infrastructure, high ticket prices, and incomplete regional integration, promising initiatives are emerging,…
AfCFTA: a strategic lever for cameroonian SMEs
[ACCI-CAVIE] The International Trade Center (ITC), in collaboration with Cameroon’s Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Agency, recently concluded a four-day training session in Yaoundé. This initiative highlighted the opportunities presented…
AfCFTA: between promise and challenge
[ACCI-CAVIE] Although almost all the countries on the African continent have expressed their support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), progress towards effective integration has been very slow.…