Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-02 11:25:56|Editor: huaxiaVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian Airlines-DHL and the African Electronic Trade Group (AeTrade Group) unveiled their partnership to transport historical parcels under a new intra-Africa agreement on Friday. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, which was launched in March 2018 in the Rwandan capital city of Kigali, took effect on Friday. The African continent on Friday started trading under the AfCFTA Agreement. The accord offers new hope and continental exhilaration in terms of boosting intra-African trade, and eventually facilitating Africa's development and industrialization. The African free trade agreement has the potential to boost intra-Africa trade by more than 52 percent by the year 2022, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Source: Ethiopian News January 02, 2021 03:33 UTC