Regional FTA
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Signed by 54 of the 55 African Union member states (all except Eritrea) and ratified by most; trading under the agreement began in 2021 and is being phased in.
- Abbreviation
- AfCFTA
- Status
- In force
- Type
- Regional FTA
- Scope
- Comprehensive (goods, services, investment and rules)
- Signed
- Mar 2018
- In force since
- May 2019
- Member countries
- 53
Key features
- Elimination or reduction of import duties on most goods, phased in according to each party’s tariff schedule.
- Commitments on trade in services.
- Investment liberalisation and/or protection rules.
Member countries
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe