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AfCFTA Secretary-General Discusses Scaling Intra-African Agricultural Trade and Resilient Value Chains

December 23, 2025

Accra, Ghana, 23 December 2025 – H.E. Wamkele Mene held discussions with Dr Jean Ngabitsinze, former Minister of Trade and Industry of Rwanda, on advancing the Continental Agricultural Trade Strategy, expanding regional market presence, unlocking climate-aligned financing, and strengthening the integration of insurance and risk management in agricultural trade. The engagement reaffirmed a shared commitment to scaling intra-African trade, […]

Statement by the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, at the AfCFTA Start of Trading Ceremony Webinar

Thank you very much and Good afternoon to Africans all over the length and breadth of the African Continent.Truly today is a historic day, a […]

January 1, 2021

Statement by the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, at the 13th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on AfCFTA

H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the Assembly;Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government;H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki […]

December 5, 2020

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AfCFTA Secretary-General Discusses Scaling Intra-African Agricultural Trade and Resilient Value Chains

Statement by the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, at the AfCFTA Start of Trading Ceremony Webinar

Statement by the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene, at the 13th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on AfCFTA

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