The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Wamkele Mene, met with the Togolese private sector at the end of last week.

The meeting was in line with the tour of South African director Wamkele Mene. “Zlecaf, an opportunity to invest in Africa” was the theme of the meeting. The objective is to contact the private sector of the countries, to learn about their possible apprehensions and expectations in the context of the process of implementing the free trade area

For Wamkele Mene, there can be no Zlecaf without the full participation of private sector actors, the main stimulators of the economy, who must make the agreement operational.

In the presence of Kodzo Adedze, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Local Consumption, Laurent Coami Tamegnon, No. 1 of the National Employers' Council (CNP-Togo), concerns about protectionism developed by Nigeria, for example, the multitude of currencies used in Africa, the inefficiency of the principle of free movement of people and goods, the fears of economic operators that there is a limited internal market, including They dispose, inond Born by more powerful than them, have been exposed.