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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFCFTA Policy Network-Ghana & Diaspora Pays Courtesy Call to Ghana's Ministry of Trade and Industry  ACCRA,Ghana -27 Nov, 2019 -- Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Alan Kyeremateng, has called on the Afcfta Policy Network to bring the CSO community to the same level of understanding on issues around the African Continental Free Trade Area  (AfCFTA). The Minister was speaking to Executive members and top management, which included Executive Director Louis Yaw Afful; Deputy Executive Director Emmanuel K Bensah Jr; and Head of Legal & Secretary to Board Chair John Darko, when they paid a courtesy call to the Ministry on 25 November. On the specific dates of the Afcfta negotiations, Kyeremateng offered some benchmark dates to help guide the Network on how it should prepare itself. He explained that the final schedule for tariff concessions would be at the African Union Summit in February 2020. With 28 member States having ratified the agreem

by. E.K.Bensah Jr By now, if you are a frequent traveller to Addis, you might have experienced a layover policy, which sees a traveller spend the night in Addis before embarking onto his or her final destination with Ethiopian Airlines. For some of us, the layover policy just suddenly and without warning, grew on us. On my trip to Chad in July, I flew from Ndjamena to Addis, spent the night in an Ethiopian hotel, and returned to Accra the following day. It was a funny journey seeing me travel from Central Africa to East Africa -- only to fly back to West Africa the following day. A curious turn when Central Africa is just a few hours from West Africa!   Still, I do not see many travellers and patronizers of Ethiopian Airlines complaining. The more travels you have to Addis and beyond, the more hotels you will certainly experience. That is good for you the traveller, and great for the pocket of owners of Ethiopian hotels! Without a doubt, the Accra-Arusha

    Demystify. Unpack. Explain O ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES POLICY WEBINAR SERIES:  "African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement: Implications for Higher Education in Africa" ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES POLICY WEBINAR SERIES| MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AfCFTA) AGREEMENT:  IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA Synopsis Consistent with the African Union's Agenda 2063, the African Union Summit in 2012 decided on Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) and fast-tracking the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCFTA has the overarching aim of creating a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business persons and investments, paving the way for accelerating the establishment of the continental Customs Union. Ninety-eight percent of member states have so far signed the AfCFTA with 27 African countries ratifying the agreement and bringing it into force. With the completion of