Seychelles AfCFTA implementation strategy online

The Seychelles AfCFTA implementation strategy is finally online. AfCFTA implementation strategies are policy documents that define strategies for expediting the implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement and identify risks and opportunities arising from such implementation. They are based on a decision adopted on 15 May 2018 by the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Addis Ababa, which urged the African Union member States to prepare national strategies and implementation plans “to identify the key trade opportunities, current constraints and steps required to take full advantage of the African market", including modalities for increasing trade performance, map country priority sectors, and identify opportunities for regional and global value chain integration. Such strategies have been adopted by several African States and RECs (IGAD, EAC and ECOWAS, while the SADC strategy is under development), and they identify the priority actions that must be undertaken in the short to medium term in order to advance the AfCFTA. Desiderio Consultants was involved in its elaboration on behalf of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, that supported the Seychelles Ministry of Finance, National Planning and Trade in its development.