African Continental Free Trade Area: A Dream or Reality?

This paper discusses the challenges and the way forward for the full realisation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. The paper includes a number of issues such as background to the study, statement of the problem, study hypothesis, theoretical framework in which various theories pertinent to the study have been discussed as well as the conceptual framework. At the apex, the paper reveals various challenges that can hinder the African Continental Free Trade Area from being a reality. On the other hand, the paper gives the way forward by suggesting for various measures to be taken for making the African Continental Free Trade Area dream a reality. The paper concludes that, a lot of things need to be considered to make the African Continental Free Trade Area a reality rather than a dream.