The AmCham Ghana AfCFTA Resource Centre has been created to serve as an information hub for U.S. businesses and provide a conducive environment for networking and partnership with Ghanaian businesses to take advantage of the trade agreement.
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a flagship project of Agenda 2063 of the African Union — Africa’s own development vision. It was approved by the 18th ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2012 which adopted the decision to establish a Continental Free Trade Area. This 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.
Data from the AfCFTA secretariat forecast that when fully implemented the agreement will represent the world’s largest free trade area, with 55 participating countries covering 1.2 billion people with a combined GDP of US$3.4trillion. Learn more
AmCham ARC Webinar on the Implications of AfCFTA for International Businesses
AmCham Ghana AfCFTA Resource Centre Training Session
The AmCham Ghana AfCFTA Resource Centre, under the auspices of the American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, and in partnership with the Africa Trade Academy, on March 3, 2023, hosted a training session on the topic, Expanding into African Markets: How to Export Under AfCFTA, to provide members with insight on the various aspects of the agreement to ensure optimization of the opportunities presented under the new free trade agreement.
The instructor for the training session, Dode Seidu, took participants through the various processes of analyzing Africa’s market opportunities, researching African markets, and means of entering other African markets through AfCFTA.
The American Chamber of Commerce, Ghana, signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emory University’s Emory Development Initiative (EDI), an Atlanta, Georgia-based private university established in 1836, and the Global African Partners (GAP) to facilitate trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
The parties will collaborate to offer virtual and in-person certificated corporate executive training programs granted under Emory University and the EDI on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and African trade, primarily targeting the U.S, African private sector, and non-profit professionals seeking understanding and implications of the AfCFTA, headquartered in Accra.
AmCham Ghana, under the auspices of the AmCham Ghana AfCFTA Resource Center, hosted ,
The principal objective of this Protocol is to support the objectives of the AfCFTA as set out in Articles 3 and 4 of the Agreement, to promote, facilitate and protect investments that foster sustainable development of State Parties, establish a transparent and sound continental legal framework on investment, taking into account the interests of State Parties, investors and local communities, provide security and predictability in the prevention and management of investment disputes, create a level playing field for African investors, and promote and enhance common positions and cooperation on matters related to investment promotion, facilitation and protection.
The AfCFTA Rules of Origin
The Rules of Origin are the criteria needed to determine the national source of a product. Their importance is derived from the fact that duties and restrictions in several cases depend upon the source of imports.
AfCFTA: APPENDIX IV To Annex 2 On Rules Of Origin
Origin Declaration Form
Supplier Or Producer’s Declaration
The African Trade Observatory
The African Trade Observatory
A trade information portal that will address hindrances to trade in Africa due to lack of information about opportunities, trade statistics as well as information about exporters and importers in countries. Go To Dashboard
AfCFTA Legal Texts
Platinum Members
