aid to help those without work and the past say they haven't received any the attention and money jyothi received diskettes have also dried up now she says she just wants to finish school the can't afford to. a landmark free trade agreement between african nations came into effect on january the 1st its implementation has been delayed because of the pandemic of 55 nations signed up after it was finalized the african union summit last july well under the deal tariffs on 90 percent of goods will be eliminated the world bank says it will increase the continent's income by $450000000000.00 by 2035 the agency also says africa's exports will get a $560000000000.00 boost and the free trade agreement promises to lift $30000000.00 africans out of extreme poverty al-jazeera did raise has more from the. workers of this. face masks the 2 and a half 1000000. to control the spread of. but as the africa free trade agreement comes into effect he foresees trouble ahead for the continent's poor countries. small and poor economies will always be at a disadvantage hopefully as time goes on we can get specia