GIDEON TSHITANGA, SOUTHERN AFRICA EXPERT
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Africa’s regional integration gains momentum at 54th African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Malabo. The theme of this year’s meetings is ‘Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity.” Regional integration gained momentum with the agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in March 2018 and is now at the threshold of its launch next month.The AfCFTA will constitute the world’s largest free trade area, consolidating an integrated market of 1.3 billion consumers with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of about $3.4 trillion.