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Biennial IBA African Regional Forum Conference: future-proofing the African legal profession

13 Sep - 15 Sep 2023

Session information

Regional integration: prospects for the successful implementation of AfCFTA

Thursday 14 September (0945 - 1100)

Description

• What do new free trade agreements between African states and the UK or US mean for African regional integration?
• Do trends from outside the continent such as Brexit and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement have any lessons for African agreements?
• The lessons from cross border legal services in regional blocs before the African Continental Free Trade Area (what new approach is expected?)
• What are the experiences of pan-African law fi rms thus far?

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Daniel Omoro Achach	Regiolex , Nairobi, Kenya

Speakers

Beatrice Chaytor	African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Accra, Ghana
David Kwabena Ofosu-Dorte	AB & David, Accra, Ghana
Michael Sudarkasa	Africa Business Group, Johannesburg, South Africa

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