Status of AfCFTA Ratification
Status of AfCFTA Ratification
The operational phase of the AfCFTA was launched during the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on the AfCFTA in Niamey, Niger on 7 July 2019.Β Start of trading under the AfCFTA Agreement began on 1 January 2021, however, no trade has as yet taken place under the AfCFTA regime.
As at May 2022, 43 of the 54 signatories (80%) have deposited their instruments of AfCFTA ratification (ordered by date):
Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Niger, Chad, Eswatini, Guinea, CΓ΄te dβIvoire, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Congo, Rep., Djibouti, Mauritania, Uganda, Senegal, Togo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Rep., Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, SΓ£o TomΓ© & PrΓncipe, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mauritius, Central African Rep., Angola, Lesotho, Tunisia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Malawi, Zambia, Algeria, Burundi, Seychelles, Tanzania and Cabo Verde.
Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the latest countries to deposit their instruments of ratification. Confirmation of Parliamentary/Cabinet approval for Somalia is pending.
Last updated: 3 May 2022
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