TRADING WITHOUT BORDERS

The episode highlights how non-tariff barriers show up at African borders and the cascading effects they have on supply chains

The episode explores the realities of informal cross bode4 trade, the logostics blindspots and what a more inclusive and supportive trading environmentcould look like.

Ziad Hamoui,the National President of Borderless Alliance Ghana, walks us through the on the ground experience of clearing goods at African borders and how border inefficiencies impact delivery times, increase spoilage and costs and weaken overall supply chain performance.

Launch of the Trading without Borders four-part mini-series where we go to the fronlines of Africa's trade landscape to explore how goods actually mive across African borders.

The episode highlights the launch of the Nigeria-East/Southern Africa air Cargo corridor as well as the Market access tool launch in Nigeria.

An interesting conversation with Uche on the impact, challenges and benefit of digital trade across across thr African Continent.

The episode explains Nigeria's recent gazetting of its AfCFTA Provisonal Schedule of Tariff Concessions in practical terms and it's impact on Nigerian exporters and goods imported into Nigeria from across the continent.

Recent developments and highlights on cross border data transfers and data protection in the Protocol

Highlights of the prospects, opportunities and challenges of a unified digital market under thr AfCFTA.

The episode highlights the discussions on AfCFTA held at the sidelines of the Wolrd Economic Forum 2025, and also the new Ethiopian Government legislation opening its banking sector to foreign investment.

Wrapping up the final episode for 2024 with updates on recent AfCFTA developments.

The episode explores how the AfCFTA aims to promote industrialization and foster regional value chains through collaboration with thr Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa.

Mary is the Chairperson of Female Cross border Trades Association in Southern Africa. She shared insights into the opportunities and challenges faced by women in cross border trade in Africa.

The episode wraps up the discussion on the AfCFTA Women and Youth in Trade Protocol, focusing on the institutional arrangements that outline how the protocol’s provisions will be implemented, monitored and evaluated.

The episode explores how the AfCFTA will protect women and youth in trade from unfair treatment and help them build skills for online trading.

The episode explores how the AfCFTA will help women and youth grow their businesses by protecting their ideas and encouraging more involvement in formal cross border trade.

The episode examines the provisions on development of productive and export capacity and access to trade information in the AfCFTA Women and Youth in Trade protocol.

Episode 117 examines the provisions under the AfCFTA Women and Youth Protocol that ensure the inclusivity and participation of women and youth in policy formulation, as well as their access to finance. The episode highlights how these measures aim to empower women and youth in intra-African trade.

An outline of the objectives, scope, guidelines and guiding principles of the AfCFTA Women and Youth protocol.

Introduction-AfCFTA Women and Youth protocol

The episode examines the ambitions, challenges and opportunities in improving the quality of life of Africans in AfDB's 10 year strategy on Africa.

Highlights of the " Integrate Africa" Priority in AFDB-10 Year Strategy on Africa.

A fascinating and informative discussion with the Writers of the book: " Borderless Africa: A Sceptic's Guide to the Continental Free Trade Area."

Highlights of the Guided Trade Initiative launch in Nigeria.

The episode highlights the ambition,opportunities, and challenges and the priority sectors that the bank will focus on in industrialising Africa.