Tanzania ahead of peers in trading under AfCFTA

Tanzania’s Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar presents the Government Budget for the 2026/27 fiscal year in Dodoma, Tanzania June 11, 2026.

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Tanzania has demonstrated greater commitment to trading with the rest of the continent than its regional peers, having issued more official international trade documents to facilitate commerce under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

It is now leading East African Community partner states in issuing Certificates of Origin under the AfCFTA trading arrangement, which signals an increase in businesses taking advantage of preferential access to Africa’s single market.