Goma, Rwanda News

As African leaders now calling for a continental free trade area by 2017 to boost trade within the continent, a new World Bank report shows how African countries, including Ghana, are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year, because of high trade barriers with neighboring countries.

With African leaders now calling for a continental free trade area by 2017 to boost trade within the continent, a new World Bank report shows how African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighboring countries, and that it is easier for Africa to trade with the ... (more)

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