now that they have the african continental free trade area, that is creating the largest free trade marketn now say, "ok, i can invest here, "in one place in africa, to be able to supply goods "to the entire african continent from that one place. "or, i can invest in a particular sector and pull "other countries in the region around that one factory." just as an example, ford has invested significantly in increasing its production of autos in south africa for the purpose of being able to supply to the growing middle—class economy of africa its automobiles. this year we've seen the traditional visit to africa from china's foreign minister, but also flori, a growing number of western leaders. just briefly, i'm wondering what the business leaders that you speak to make of all this attention? i am glad that people are noticing that there are incredible opportunities on the continent. you know, people talk about sometimes us versus china, but truthfully, the us and china are not the only countries that are in africa. and why? because most people recognise you've got fast growing economies. you'

you've been working on and you're still trying to get it fully implemented is the african continental free trade areahis trade area, do you think, leave the african union to eventually be negotiating on trade as a single bloc, just like the eu does? and in a way, that united approach surely puts africa in a very strong position to to make better deals. yes. having established the african continental free trade area, the next stage is to move it towards an african customs union. so we are moving in that direction and once we have that done that, then we are creating the conditions for policy harmonisation, macroeconomic policy convergence. at that stage, africa should really be able to speak very strongly with one voice on all global economic issues. well, on that point, ambassador albert muchanga, the african union trade commissioner, a real pleasure having you on the show, albert. good luck with everything. i need all the luck. thank you. i'll check in with you soon. thank you. did you know, the number of cyber attacks is at a record high? some of the most high profile recent attacks, they've been l

it says the african continental free trade area could reduce extreme poverty. we caught up with the i'm asked managing director while she was in nairobi to endorse the a you initiative crystelina yoga tools to how to zebra, the, the managing director of the international monetary fund. crystelina yoga, thank you for talking to out to 0. thank you for having me. so you here visiting can use capital nairobi to launch a paper, a the trade between african countries, which says the if in traffic control it can be boosted then up to 50000000 people in this confident could be lifted out of probity. but this comes at a time when the world is suffering from economic shocks, coated 19 rushes, invasion of ukraine, and those who a holiday stuff here in africa, economies, and people. what is it that you're going to be saying to policy makers and others on this trip? to try and make those gains from trade become a realistic outcome. exactly, because the global economic environment is challenging and that affects africa. significantly. policy makers need to own these to poten

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