PAMA Pushes For Business Role In Monitoring AfCFTA, External Partnerships

The Pan-African Manufacturers Association (PAMA), has called on African governments and regional institutions to institutionalise private-sector participation in the negotiation, implementation and review of economic agreements.
The Association said Africa has built an extensive network of bilateral and multilateral economic relationships, including the EU-Africa partnership, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and Africa-India engagement, as well as regional arrangements under the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, but their industrial impact depends on how well they reflect commercial realities.
PAMA noted that while governments and regional institutions have the mandate to ...