AfCFTA to promote inclusive trades for women and youth in Africa
The SMEs and Startup ecosystem in Nigeria which are dominated by women and youths should equally take advantage of these...
Prince Nwafuru is a Partner at The Law Suite (a full-service commercial law firm based in Lagos Nigeria) where he amongst other things chairs the International Trade, Investment and Maritime Practice of the Firm. He has represented and advised local and international clients on a wide range of non-exhaustive practice areas such as commercial arbitration & litigation, cross-border trade and investment disputes, commercial transactions, capital market, startups and technology among others. Before co-founding TLS, Prince was a Sector Head, Arbitration and Capital Market Disputes at a top commercial Nigerian law firm in Lagos, where he doubled as the Deputy Leader of the Firm’s Financial Services, Corporate Services and Taxation Practice Group. Prince had worked with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) AfCFTA Committee charged with the responsibility of coordinating the NBA inputs on the AfCFTA Phase II Negotiations in 5 priority service sectors particularly as it relates to legal services. The NBA AfCFTA Committee interfaced with the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations and AfCFTA National Action Committee in discussing the Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services.
The SMEs and Startup ecosystem in Nigeria which are dominated by women and youths should equally take advantage of these...
The Phase II Negotiation hopes to complement the efforts already recorded in the areas of Tariff Concession and the Rules...
SMEs can take advantage of the incentives provided under the new Finance Act to scale up under the AfCFTA.
The fears around the issue of dumping and border security should not outweigh the huge benefits that AfCFTA offers to...