" AFRICA must unite," wrote Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, in 1963, lamenting that African countries sold raw materials to their former colonisers rather than trading among themselves. His pan-African dream never became reality. Even today, African countries still trade twice as much with Europe as they do with each other (see chart). But that spirit of unity now animates a push for a Continental Free-Trade Area (cfta), involving all 55 countries in the region. Negotiations be- gan in 2015, aimed at forming the cfta by the end of this year. In contrast to the wto, African trade talks are making progress.
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