The dream of establishing an African common market that would lead to an African Economic Community begun in the 1980s, when the Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa was adopted. The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which came into force on...

Although the aspiration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is to reduce and progressively remove trade barriers, enhance intra-African trade at the continental level and increase Africa’s global market share, anti-competitive conduct is likely to pose as a barrier hindering...