According to the AfCFTA, Uganda is well situated to gain from the intra-Africa trade effort.

AfCFTA deems Uganda to be in a good situation.According to Wamkele Mene, secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Uganda’s private sector is well positioned to gain from the intra-Africa trade effort of the AfCFTA.

Mene made the comments on Monday at the Serena Hotel in Kampala during a private sector debate on utilizing opportunities given by

The United Nations DevelopAfCFTA.ment Program (UNDP) provided support for the debate, which was organized by the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI), the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU), the Ministry of Trade and Cooperatives, and the Uganda Manufacturers Association. taking advantage of the intra-African trade initiative

Speaking at the occasion, Mene remarked that Africa has long struggled with the fragmentation of the rules that have barred intra-African commerce and prevented Uganda’s exports, particularly milk, from reaching continental markets outside of East Africa.

However, he added that the AfCFTA has implemented many measures to facilitate intra-African trade, particularly in the sector of agriculture and agro-processing, making the 1.3 billion-person market on the continent more competitive on the global stage.

“We will see to it that the AfCFTA rules are used to develop an integrated market for African products and services. We are unable to supply the African continent with agricultural products at significantly better prices than those found in other regions of the world, according to Mene.

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