Ports, Customs, Export & Trade Forum
The African Continental Free Trade Area is the boldest economic commitment Africa has made to itself in a generation. This stream brings together trade ministers, AfCFTA officials, customs authorities, and export promotion agencies to examine how governments are translating the promise of continental integration into real export growth.
What this stream covers.
The African Continental Free Trade Area is the boldest economic commitment Africa has made to itself in a generation. This stream brings together trade ministers, AfCFTA officials, customs authorities, and export promotion agencies to examine how governments are translating the promise of continental integration into real export growth.
Sessions address the practical friction points — customs harmonisation, trade logistics and connectivity, and export competitiveness — that stand between AfCFTA on paper and AfCFTA in trade volumes.
- A practical view of AfCFTA implementation progress by sector
- Customs and logistics models cutting cross-border friction
- Connections with export promotion and trade facilitation leads
Ministerial address and a trade-facilitation panel with customs and export promotion leaders.
Trade ministers, AfCFTA officials, customs authorities, and export promotion agency executives.
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The speaker line-up for this stream is being finalised.
Speakers for the Ports, Customs, Export & Trade Forum will be announced as APSCA 2026 approaches.
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