AFRICA MUST TRADE IN LOCAL CURRENCIES

It makes no sense that our countries still allow our economies to suffer as a result of this stupid idea of US Dollar being the world reserve currency, therefore we must at all cost trade in US Dollar on the international market at the expense of our economic prosperity and at the expense of the stability of our currencies.

Africa must trade in local currencies. Why should a Senegalese purchase US Dollar in order to be able to buy goods in Ghana or in Nigeria?

William Samoei Ruto, PhD was championing this fight but now I don't know where we are with that project. I hope he hasn't been silenced as well!

To the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat you need to advocate for this to happen if we really want to get the results we are looking for with the free trade area.

African Development Bank Group African Union African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Prof. PLO Lumumba Julius Sello Malema Amb. Abdoulaye Diop Amadou Diawara Pape Babacar THIAM