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AfCFTA could increase women traders’ incomes by 11% by 2035

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Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area could increase the incomes of women traders and entrepreneurs by more than 11% by 2035, said Adama Dian, the United Nations Development Programme representative. She was speaking in Brazzaville on 21 October, according to the Congolese News Agency.

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