National Awareness Workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

A two-day workshop, entitled “National Awareness Workshop on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), washas been organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade in Mauritius in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, with the support of the European Union.

The objectives of the workshop wereare to inform and sensitize the National Implementation Committee as well as the representatives of both the private and public sector of the opportunities and challenges available for trade under the AfCFTA, especially under the AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative and on the imperative of promoting inclusive trade that does not leave women and the youth behind.