Benefits of international trade agreements: focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area

Prof. Samuel Nyandemo presented a paper on Benefits of international trade agreements: focus on the African Continental Free Trade Area on the 15th of April 2024 during the Fifty-first UNCTAD regional course on key issues on the international economic agenda University of Nairobi, Kenya 8-20 April 2024. The lecture covered: The Context of Regional International Process and its Drivers in Africa; Dimensions of Regional Integration and their scores; Stages of Economic Integration Process; Rationale and Africa’s Integration Journey; African Integration Report: Putting Free Movement of Persons at the Centre of Continental Integration. African Union, AU (2022); Key Pillars of Africa’s Regional Integration: Abuja Treaty; Key Pillars derived from AU and RECs treaties; Assessment of Africa’s Global Trade (1960-2022); Benefits Derived from Regional Integration in Africa; Challenges Facing the Integration Process in Africa; Strategic Interventions Needed for Strengthening the Integration Process and Addressing the Challenges Impeding Integration; Strategic Interventions for Achieving Regional Integration in Africa.