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Kumasi, Aug. 29, GNA – As part of efforts to empower women and youth-led businesses to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market to grow their businesses, selected businesses in the Ashanti Region have undergone training on regulatory and compliance requirements.

The goal was to build their capacity to identify the challenges and opportunities for entering the African market.

It also sought to make participants understand key provisions, protocols, and objectives of the AfCFTA, as well as the trade finance needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and also help them select the logistics that best meet their needs.

They were also taken through AfCFTA Rules of Origin which determines the African origin of goods traded and ensures that the goods benefit from tariff reduction under the AfCFTA.

With funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National AfCFTA Coordination Office (NCO) put together the training to sharpen the readiness of participants to access the AfCFTA market.

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