Five members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) are holding back the full rollout of a mega free-trade area (FTA) stretching across 26 African countries from Cape Town to Cairo, it has been revealed.
The mega trade bloc comprising Comesa, the East African Community (EAC), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was formed with the aim of harmonising trade between some 26 countries.