From Monday 26 to Friday 30 July 2021, a workshop on commercial export is being held in Abidjan-Plateau, in order to operationally equip small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be able to export their products.

The Association for the Promotion of Exports of Côte d'Ivoire (Apex-CI), in partnership with the International Trade Center, initiated this workshop around the theme, “How to export with the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAF)”. The meeting aims, among other things, to identify the needs and challenges of businesses as well as market opportunities taking into account the opportunities of the ZLECAF, to determine the impact of non-tariff barriers, as well as the financing of intra-African trade. For the managing director of Apex-CI, Guy M'Bengue, it is important to have a knowledge of processes in order to strengthen transactions