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    Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Budget Approved

    Posted On 18 Oct 2020
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    By Richard Adorsu-

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    NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS (NABN) Accra, Ghana– The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, has revealed that the budget of the secretariat has been approved.

    He said this paves the way for the secretariat to start advertising for various vacant positions in order to get qualified persons to fill all posts.

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    Mr. Wamkele Mene said “in the next few weeks we should be in position to start advertising positions both professional levels and those that will be support staffs.”

    He further noted that mentorship will be provided to young trained professionals. “Specifically for people that come from universities so that they have opportunities to work with us for a year.

    “The idea is to build the spirit of young professionals so that after the period that they spend with us they can either be absorbed into the secretariat or they can joined the private sector,” he said.

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    It was created by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement among 54 of the 55 African Union nations. The free-trade area is the largest in the world in terms of the number of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization.

    Accra, Ghana serves as the Secretariat of AFCFTA and was commissioned and handed over to the African Union (AU) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of Ghana, on August 18, 2020 in Accra.

     

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    1. Kalisa October 18, 2020 at 2:53 am Reply

      Thank you for the report. Happy to read the secretariat budget approval. Yes, free trade within the Continent is going to lift many out of poverty. Kigali Rwanda. Kalisa

    2. Kujoe October 18, 2020 at 3:21 am Reply

      The Secretariat new building of the African Continental Free Trade Area office in Accra is very big and beautiful. Get the best people help implement the continent’s trade policy. Accra Ghana. Kujoe

    3. Cathrine October 18, 2020 at 4:05 am Reply

      Many thanks for signing me to the newsletter and thank you for the newsletters. Oslo Norway. Cathrine

    4. Paul October 18, 2020 at 4:10 am Reply

      The investment and idea for free trade within the continent would greatly pay off. Thank you for reporting. Paul in Juba South Sudan

    5. Yussuf October 18, 2020 at 4:17 am Reply

      Free trade with our people and our countries is past over due. Time to make best use of it and remove all barriers. Cairo Egypt. Yussuf

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