Analysis - Youth on the move to tap AfCFTA trade opportunities across the continent
, a mobile advocacy initiative to raise awareness of the AfCFTA among Kenyan and other African youths.The Kazini Caravan travels across borders overland to prove that young people can move across Africa and embrace opportunities elsewhere, he said.
The second edition of the caravan will span 20 countries across five of six African regions. It will end in Cairo, Egypt, during the IATF. As of early September, the caravan had passed through Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Kigali in Rwanda, and Kampala in Uganda."The conversation about the AfCFTA has not been led by young people, but by institutions such as the and the AfCFTA Secretariat, which is great," said Mr. Maina.
"The youth must go beyond conferences or workshops to discuss the trade agreement. To take an artistic route to promoting the AfCFTA, we came up with the caravan idea," said Mr. Maina.
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