In its annual economic outlook the African Development Bank predicts a GDP growth of 4% in Africa this year.

Briefing the media in Abidjan, the African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina says the signing of an African Free Trade Area agreement last year will create the largest free trade area in the world.

It will provide an unprecedented framework for the continent with the capacity to increase trade across across Africa by 100 percent.

The bank is investing a billion dollars  to support trade in Africa.

Adesina says GDP grew 4,1% across Africa in 2018 and is predicted to grow by the same figure in 2020.

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