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Since 2006

trade flows have expanded by 15% per year in Africa 

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By 2020

• 2,6 trillion Africa’s collective GDP

• 1,4 trillion Africa’s consumer spending

• 122 million people will added to workforce

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By 2030

50% of Africans will be living in cities

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Africa is

• the second most attractive investment destination in the world

• home to 6 of the 10 fastest growing countries in the world

• one of the most integrated regions in the world, ranking behind only Europe and Southeast Asia for economic integration

• moving toward the negotiations for the establishment of Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) which will be the largest free-trade area in the world