
IMF projects AfCFTA will lift 50 million Africans out of poverty
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, said efforts such as the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, would bridge trade barriers and lift more than 50 million people out of poverty in Africa. The IMF, in its report, ‘Trade Integration in Africa: Unleashing the continent’s potential in a changing world,’ noted that the trade barrier removal…