FG plans coverage, information overhaul to deepen AfCFTA

The Federal Authorities, by way of the Federal Ministry of Business, Commerce and Funding, plans to align coverage and regulatory methods to completely implement the African Continental Free Commerce Space, whereas enhancing the monitoring of AfCFTA commerce flows to seize the engagement of girls and youth.

The ministry, in a coverage doc, said that the agenda types a part of Nigeria’s AfCFTA work programme for 2026, aimed toward deepening implementation, strengthening establishments and positioning the nation to maximise alternatives from the continental commerce pact.

The ministry said that it could “lead efforts on regulatory alignment with the AfCFTA Settlement and Protocols to make sure important authorized, financial, and developmental advantages for Nigeria.”

It added that “regulatory readability and authorized certainty will contribute to enterprise confidence and foster financial progress, competitiveness and sustainable growth.”

Discussing commerce information and monitoring, the ministry said that it could work with the AfCFTA Central Coordination Committee to improve Nigeria’s commerce information methods.

“The AfCFTA CCC will replace the related commerce information methods to incorporate disaggregated metrics to seize commerce in items and companies beneath the AfCFTA,” it stated, including that the methods would additionally “measure the extent of participation of Nigerian girls and youth in AfCFTA commerce.”

The ministry additionally stated it could intensify efforts to demystify the AfCFTA for companies and different stakeholders.

It said, “FMITI and the AfCFTA Central Coordination Committee will publish a sequence of briefs aimed to demystify the structure and implementation modalities of the AfCFTA.”

Based on the doc, the AfCFTA ABC Collection will information the non-public sector on key protocols protecting commerce in items, digital commerce, funding, commerce in companies and girls and youth in commerce. In the meantime, the AfCFTA Understanding Collection will define non-public sector compliance obligations.

The ministry famous that the AfCFTA CCC would introduce an AfCFTA Institutional Barometer to strengthen coordination and accountability.

“The AfCFTA CCC will publish the AfCFTA Institutional Barometer to foster public accountability on the effectivity and effectiveness of AfCFTA implementation,” it stated, noting {that a} certification and award system would additionally recognise “high-performing and responsive public sector establishments.”

Trying outward to the continental market, the ministry stated it could mobilise AfCFTA-ready manufacturing throughout the nation by way of nationwide sensitisation.

It said that it could work with the Nigerian Governors’ Discussion board and state governments “to establish a minimal of 1 product that every Native Authorities Space can export into the AfCFTA market.”

The ministry added that funding mobilisation would prioritise increasing productive capability in key sectors “to place Nigeria because the innovation, manufacturing and distribution hub of the AfCFTA market.”

As a part of framing a nationwide AfCFTA market technique, the ministry said that it could develop a commerce intelligence platform to offer Nigerian companies with market insights from throughout Africa.

“The platform will present insights into different markets to tell Nigerian companies as they navigate the African market,” it stated.

The ministry additionally said that Nigeria would proceed to advertise international and regional advocacy for the AfCFTA and supply technical help to different state events “as requested”.

On implementation milestones, the doc recalled that the Minister of Business, Commerce and Funding, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, inaugurated the AfCFTA Central Coordination Committee in March 2025 to strengthen whole-of-economy coordination.

It stated Nigeria grew to become “the primary AfCFTA State Party to conclude and publish a assessment of AfCFTA implementation on the five-year mark” in July 2025, describing the assessment as “an sincere and goal self-reflection” that knowledgeable key actions.

The ministry added that the AfCFTA CCC convened a Public Sector, Personal Sector and Press Summit in November 2025, which “kickstarted a nationwide AfCFTA sensitisation and session marketing campaign.”

On continental affect, the doc famous that Nigeria secured internet hosting rights for the Artistic Africa Nexus 2026 and the Intra-African Commerce Truthful 2027, describing the honest as “Africa’s largest market.”

It additionally recalled that President Bola Tinubu was appointed a co-champion of the AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Commerce in February 2025, with Nigeria later successful the appropriate to host the second AfCFTA Digital Commerce Discussion board.