Digital Trade and the Promise of AfCFTA

This important Track will discuss methodologies to strengthen and adhere to the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol, adopted in February 2024, which aims to facilitate and promote digital trade across the African continent. Nigeria has been endorsed as African Union's Digital Trade Champion under the AfCFTA protocol and this Track will highlight Nigeria’s proactive role in advancing the implementation of the digital trade protocol. Digital trade liberalization alone could add $180 billion to Africa’s GDP by 2030 (Brookings, 2023). Nigeria stands to capture $20–30 billion annually in additional digital exports by 2030 through AfCFTA-enabled integration.