AfCFTA

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signs a landmark free trade agreement ahead of the African Union summit at the Palais des Congrès in Niamey, Niger, on July 7, 2019. ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Global Economy

Meet the world’s largest free trade area

When it comes into effect, the African Continental Free Trade Area will remake African economies—and the world’s