{"id":37150,"date":"2018-03-19T21:10:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/aspire-to-speak-with-one-voice-to-forge-ahead-au\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:10:04","slug":"aspire-to-speak-with-one-voice-to-forge-ahead-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/aspire-to-speak-with-one-voice-to-forge-ahead-au\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspire to speak with one voice to forge ahead- AU Commission Chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mahamat who is attending the ongoing African Union Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali noted that working together as on Africa is paramount. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aspire to speak with one voice to our partners. We should prove our capacity to work together as one continent. I&#8217;m calling upon all AU member states to have one voice. Let\u2019s hold hands and establish this continental free trade area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Continental African Free Trade Area, the Single Market on Air Transport in Africa, the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport, as well as major regional infrastructure projects are the pillars of this endeavor\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>AfCFTA is a flagship project of Agenda 2063 of the African Union \u2013 Africa\u2019s own development vision. It was approved by the African Union Summit as an urgent initiative whose immediate implementation would provide quick wins, impact on socio-economic development and enhance confidence and the commitment of Africans as the owners and drivers of Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n<p>Mahamat further urged the delegates to act responsibly and take measures to be part of the free movements and trade of the AFTCA. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne question that looks at us is that can we accept to take the risks together or individually? At the time when the rest of the world is getting together but to forge ahead, we have to overcome our fears and project to the world the united Africa\u201d, he said <\/p>\n<p>The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement with its critical economic implications, will bring together fifty-four African countries and open up a market of 1.2 billion people with the possibility of generating enormous wealth on the continent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24467 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-defghj.jpg\" alt=\"African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called upon the Head of states to support the Continental Free Trade Area with one voice\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called upon the Head of states to support the Continental Free Trade Area with one voice so as to exert more impact on the African Business. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[196],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-olga-i-ishimwe"],"bylines":[{"id":196,"name":"Olga I. 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