Nigeria, June 17 -- In my last article, I wrote about Biashara Afrika, the premier continental business forum that brings together African heads of state, ministers, policy makers, SMEs, investors, and entrepreneurs to accelerate the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) implementation, and explore intra-African trade collaborations. It was the summit's third edition which held in Togo from 18-20 May.

I explained that AfCFTA is no longer just an idea after the Agreement was signed on March 21, 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, and commenced commercial trading in January 2021. Since then, the focus of Africa's most ambitious economic integration project has been on achieving a single market, reshaping trade across the continent, re...