Kenya’s exports first goods under the AfCFTA

Kenya’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Amb Eliphas Barine (third left) on September 23, 2022 oversees the handing over of goods exported from Kenya to Ghana under the African the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). PHOTO | COURTESY | AfCFTA

Kenya exported its first goods under the African the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to Ghana on Friday.

Kenyan-made Exide batteries landed in the Port of Tema on September 23 in a historic ceremony that marks Nairobi’s formal start of preferential trading under the AfCFTA agreement.