African business leaders chafe at obstacles to trade
Costs and delays are hampering African corporations fighting to compete with low-cost rivals, they say.
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Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi addresses the audience during the opening ceremony of the 2023 Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan on June 5, 2023. AFP
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More than four years ago, African countries gave the ceremonial push to a deal to scrap internal trade barriers -- a historic scheme that would create a continent-wide single market