Zimbabwean entrepreneur, Strive Masiyiwa, has commented on the recently signed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which the Zimbabwe president also signed. The Econet Wireless Group founder said in a blog post that the agreement is a big deal for Africa and that it has huge potential to grow the economy of the continent if implemented right.
…the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 21 March was a really big deal.
It may not yet be drawing the attention of people going about their daily lives, but believe you me, if it is executed properly, it will affect all of us.
We have begun (as Africans) to put in place the building blocks of what will become the world’s biggest single market within 100 years. Today it is nearly $3Tn and 1,2bn people. It will be over $100Tn by the turn of the century, with over 4bn consumers.
Masiyiwa also said that if implemented right, the agreement means more jobs, easier movement of people and goods across Africa, better prices, and independence from aid and borrowing.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the agreement on 21 March 2018 when he attended the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Session of Heads of State and Government.
More: Strive Masiyiwa
WhatsApp Group: 
Telegram Group:
I am not really sure how Strive would keep on commenting from the terraces and dungling between religion, politics and business. Knowing the whole world and being rich does not equate to being scared of running a small nation like Zimbabwe. At the same time loving a small country in mud does not make Strive better than any other Zimbabwean save for big bugs found on poor Zimbabwean people. Be real and come out if you want to buy Zimbabwe with your big moneys that dancing around the world praising Nigerians as hardworking people than Zimbabweans yet you know Zimbabwean are the hardest working Africans and if you were to put your foot down the best brains in Africa are in Zimbabwe including yours. So, how come you cannot put solutions from where you came from.
I agree every Zimbabwean must stand up and be counted now we need to rebuild our country but on the positive side I salute Strive because he acknoledges the good another man has done