AfCFTA: Remove visas, reduce customs process to ease logistics
African delegates during an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on March 21,2018. AfCFTA deputy chairperson disclosed that 47 member states decried the existence of many Non-Tariff Barriers to trade, especially transport logistics. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG
The umbrella bodies of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) private sector have called for the removal of visas and reduction of custom processes to ease movement of goods within the African continent.
The African Business Council (AfBC) that brings together regional economic communities (RECs) decried inconsistent and inadequate freight and logistics at the borders saying they have long hindered intra-African trade.
