Forty-nine African countries have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, but Nigeria — the continent’s largest economy — is not among them.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa put pen to paper on behalf of his country at the African Union summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania last month, and has urged Nigeria to follow suit in a speech in Abuja. South African officials have informed the African Union that they expect the deal to be ratified in Parliament by December this year.
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