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African Central Banks to Link Payments Systems to Help Trade Deal

  • Working on connecting southern, eastern, western systems
  • Linking systems will bolster African free trade, Kganyago says
Workers unload a truck in Niger.

Workers unload a truck in Niger.

Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images

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African central banks are working to link the continent’s major cross-border payment systems as plans to create the world’s largest free-trade zone gain momentum.