Tanzania, July 3 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and Mozambique have called on African countries to accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and pursue economic liberation through industrialisation, trade and investment, arguing that political independence alone is no longer enough to secure the continent's future.

The call was made on July 3, 2026 as President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Mozambican counterpart, President Daniel Francisco Chapo, officially opened the 50th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF), popularly known as Sabasaba, at the Julius Nyerere Trade Fair Grounds.

Addressing exhibitors, investors, diplomats and business leaders, President Chapo said Africa's founding leaders had se...