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Africa Trade Deal Could Tap $84 Billion in Export Potential
Prinesha Naidoo and Katarina Hoije
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Untapped exports concentrated in southern Africa, says report
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Internal trade accounts for 14.5% of total African shipments
Photographer: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images
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A continent-wide free-trade pact could help to realize more than $84 billion in untapped intra-African exports, according to a new report by the African Export-Import Bank.
