Ruto tells African leaders to speed up AfCFTA implementation

President William Ruto chairs a meeting of Committee of Heads of State and Government on AfCFTA implementation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PCS]

President William Ruto has urged African leaders to shift the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from negotiations to full implementation, saying the pact must deliver tangible benefits to the continent’s 1.4 billion people.

Speaking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he chaired the inaugural meeting of the Committee of Heads of State on AfCFTA implementation, Ruto said unifying African markets would accelerate industrialisation, expand value addition, and drive broad-based growth across the continent.