This thread is everything that is wrong with African economic thinking. The continent that wants to become the world's biggest free trade area somehow also somehow believes in protectionism and "restricting imports" from each other.

The longest-running unfunny joke on earth. https://twitter.com/Hbamulinde/status/1353558668348944386
"No imported crisps" is an achievement.

"Only locally produced hand sanitiser" is an achievement.

"Restricting imports from Uganda after a bumper harvest" is trade policy 🤡🤡🤡

Backwater, low-level small-timers.
You'd think that people who make all the noise about "Agenda 2063" and the AfCFTA would understand that a "Free Trade Area" BY DEFINITION centres on free market capitalism and free movement of goods, services and people.

What do they think free trade is? A Kwame Nkrumah speech??
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