• The Africa
    We Want


  • AFCTA


AfCFTA Chamber of Producers and Suppliers (AfCOPS) was established following the official commencement of trading under the AfCFTA agreement of African Union (AU) on January 1, 2021, to facilitate smooth intra-Africa trade. AfCOPS is a network of producers and suppliers of goods and services originating from the Continental Free Trade Area working together to promote the interest of its members within the context of the implementation of the AfCFTA to address both tariff and nontariff barriers to intra-African trade. The chamber shall create linkages and opportunities and stimulate demand within the 1.3 billion people Africa single market area.

The chamber is a product of the belief that a concerted Public- Private sector collaboration is required to accelerate intra-African trade. To this end, AfCOPS fosters partnership with ministries of trade & industry across Africa to facilitate smooth exchange, provide advisory services to its members, and enhance quality and standard of goods and services on the continent.



What is
African Continental
Free Trade Area


The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area founded in year 2018 with trade commencing as of 1st January 2021 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement among 54 of the 55 African Union nations.

By the agreement, Member States of the African Union are desirous of achieving a single African market for goods and services facilitated by the movement of people in order to deepen the economic integration of the African continent

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General Objectives of the
African Continental Free
Trade Agreement


  • Create a single market for goods, services, facilitated by movement of persons

  • Contribute to the movement of capital and natural persons and facilitate investments building on the initiatives and developments in the State Parties and RECs;

  • Lay the foundation for the establishment of a Continental Customs Union

  • Promote and attain sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development, gender equality and structural transformation of the State Parties;

  • Enhance the competitiveness of the economies of State Parties within the continent and the global market;

  • Promote industrial development through diversification and regional value chain development, agricultural development and food security; and

AFCFTA
By the
Numbers


     
  •    1.3 Billion
    People Sigle Market Opportunity;

  • 55 Countries
    The pact represents the largest trade agreement in the
    world by the number of participants.

  • 3.4 Trillion
    combined Gross Domestic Product

  • 30 Million
    People to be brought out of extreme poverty
    (Source: World Bank)

  • $292 Billion
    of $450 Billion Potential Gain to be realized
    (Source: World Bank)

Chamber
Objectives


  • To advocate for the practical implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); achieving the free movement of persons, goods and services as envisaged by AfCFTA.

  • To raise awareness of non-tariff related barriers to intra-African trade and help create an enabling environment to address these barriers.

  • To conduct research and market intelligence to give producers and suppliers of goods and services, correct and accurate information on various markets in Africa.

  • To Understand different markets in Africa to facilitate better Intra trade cooperation.

  • To advance 'Fair trade' policies in the procurement of goods in Africa. Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair trade terms for farmers and workers in the developing world (Fairtrade Foundation 2020).

  • Improve understanding of key trade related government agency roles and operations among producers and suppliers of goods and services within the Continental Free Trade Area

Our Mission

We exist to promote and represent the interest of producers and suppliers of goods and services within the context of the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Our vision is Building the Africa, we want




The African Continental Free Trade The realisation of a Continental market with the free movement of persons, capital, goods and services, which are crucial for deepening economic integration, and promoting agriculture development, food security, industrialisation and structural economic integration requires more than an agreement establishing the Continental Free Trade Area; we know that even the Continental Union (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities working in isolation cannot address the challenges Africa faces at the scale that they exist. Sustained, large-scale progress demands collaboration across organisations and sectors. Our ecosystem building efforts engage businesses, policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders across the Continental Free Trade Area to operationalise AfCFTA. Through this work, we leverage deep insights from our stakeholders to influence how policies are shaped and how resources flow in priority sectors to realise the dream OF TRANSFORMING Africa into a global powerhouse of the future; Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.

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