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🌍 Call to Action: From Protocol to Practice: Operationalising the AfCFTA Digital Market

The focus now shifts from dialogue to delivery, turning these AfCFTA priorities into practical solutions that accelerate intra-African trade and power Africa's digital transformation.

[Africa Prosperity Network @APN_Secretariat]

“When we look at cross-border trade along West African corridors, the most absurd and economically regressive non-tariff barrier isn't a structural tariff. It's what I would like to call the paper versus pavement documentation asymmetry” - Ziad Hamoui (@ZHamoui), Co- founder and President of Borderless Alliance (@borderlesswa)

During our webinar on “Advancing an Integrated and Visa-Free Africa to Move, Connect, and Trade Freely, Overcoming Afrophobia,” Ziad Hamoui, Co-founder and President, Borderless Alliance, highlighted a critical contradiction: while regional frameworks support the free movement of goods, the traders transporting them, particularly women and small-scale entrepreneurs, continue to face unnecessary documentation hurdles, extortion, and prolonged border delays.

The consequences are far-reaching:
- Limited awareness of regional trade protocols leaves thousands vulnerable.
- Informal payments and corruption increase the cost of doing business.
- Hours spent at checkpoints lead to the spoilage of fresh produce and the loss of livelihoods.

An integrated Africa cannot be built on policies that facilitate trade on paper but obstruct it on the ground.

Removing visa barriers, harmonising border procedures, and protecting the rights of traders are essential steps toward unlocking the full potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and creating a continent where people, goods, and opportunities move freely.

It’s time to Make Africa Borderless Now!

Join the movement. Watch the story. Share the vision. And add your voice by signing the Make Africa Borderless Now! petition, calling for freer movement of people, goods, services and digital commerce across our continent.

Together, we can turn ambition into action and opportunity into shared prosperity.
Visit: https://t.co/z657qLHGrY

#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow! #VisaFreeAfrica #papervspavement #TradeWithoutBorders #AfCFTA #AfricaProsperity #BorderlessAfrica #FreeMovement #WomenInTrade #RegionalIntegration

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Back to the launch of the 10th Africa VISA Openness Index of the @_AfricanUnion & @AfDB_Group last December 2025 in Abidjan: watch the 2-minute summary on the sideline of the event by @ZHamoui, BA National President for Ghana:

https://t.co/tkmrdwPpjX

#AVOI #Africa #FreeMovement

[African Newspage @AfricanNewspage]

APN Africa Day Dialogue Backs Free Mobility to Accelerate AfCFTA Implementation

@APN_Secretariat has called for accelerated implementation of a visa-free Africa, with policymakers, development experts, and integration advocates arguing that free movement of people is critical to unlocking the full potential of AfCFTA, boosting intra-African trade, investment, tourism, and advancing the continent’s broader integration agenda.

👉👉🔗 https://t.co/pItjbRl08I

@_AfricanUnion @borderlesswa @AfCFTA @NEPAD_Agency @AfDB_Group @GabbyDarko @MeneWamkele @DlaminiZuma @JoyKategekwa @amma_twumamoah @ZHamoui @amibiaka @AlexMubiru5 @eliasmakos @RasMubarak @DrWorkneh @MeneWamkele @Adam_Alqali

#AfricaRising #AfCFTA #VisaFreeAfrica #AfricanIntegration #FreeMovement #Agenda2063 #IntraAfricanTrade #AfricaProsperity

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Long week of activity for Borderless Alliance, as the President of the Executive Committee, Jonas Lago, represents the Alliance at Biashara Afrika in Lome, Togo and Journees Regionales de Logistique 2026 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. See less

[Africa Prosperity Network @APN_Secretariat]

Join us today, together with an exceptional lineup of African leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and changemakers for APN’s special AU Day webinar on:

“Advancing An Integrated And Visa-Free Africa To Move, Connect, And Trade Freely, Overcoming Afrophobia”

Featuring:
- Dr Joy Kategekwa (@JoyKategekwa) – AfDB Regional Integration Coordination Office
- Ziad Hamoui (@ZHamoui) – Borderless Alliance (@borderlesswa)
- Amma Twum-Amoah (@amma_twumamoah) – African Union Commission (@AfricanUnionCom)
- Emmanuel Kwezi Tabaro (@Kwezi_Tabaro) – Energy Policy Researcher & International Development Professional
- Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) – Africa Prosperity Network (@APN_Secretariat)
- Dr Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma (@DlaminiZuma) – APN Advisory Council
- Amine Idriss Adoum (@amibiaka) – AUDA-NEPAD (@NEPAD_Agency)
Dr Josephine Otchere- Darko (@JosephineOtche4)- Programme Head, Wits RHI (@WitsRHI)
- Wode Maya (@wode_maya) – African Vlogger & YouTuber
- Nana Kwame Bediako (@iamfreedom) – Kwarleyz Group (@KwarleyzG)

Moderated by Prince Moses, Director, Strategy, Africa Prosperity Network.

This powerful conversation will explore regional integration, free movement, digital borders, AfCFTA opportunities, and the collective action needed to build a borderless and prosperous Africa.

Visit: https://t.co/JtfzKqLKrS

Time: GMT

#AfricaProsperityNetwork #APN #AUPDay #BorderlessAfrica #AfCFTA #AfricanIntegration #FreeMovement #AfricaRising #Agenda2063

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Borderless Alliance is in Abidjan for the regional food trade forum.

Let us engage and push the free movement agenda forward in West Africa:

https://t.co/uFNiz7zHrP

[TradeMark Africa @TradeMarkAfrica]

Speaking at the Trade + Sustainability Hub 2026 in Cameroon, Ziad Hamoui, President of @borderlesswa, highlighted that for technology to truly transform our borders, the information being shared must be 100% reliable.

When traders and authorities trust the data, they save time, reduce costs, and clear hurdles faster.

@ZHamoui, @IISD_news
#KeepAfricaTrading #WTOMC14

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

MC14 Preview: Digital Trade Needs Borders That Work - https://t.co/UBBWL4rosr

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Monetary union, safe corridors, smart borders—West Africa is aligning. But real integration will be tested at the next border crossing:

https://t.co/aRi5aTwbuZ

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Borderless Alliance endorses #MakeAfricaBorderlessNow:
🧳 visa-free travel
✈️ open African skies
💳 seamless cross-border payments
🪙 trade for 1.5bn people.

Help us gather 10M signatures to submit to AU Heads of State next year. Add your voice:

👉https://t.co/jSAeJ2irNQ

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

The success of the $2.8 trillion AfCFTA market depends on resolving the persistent barriers faced by women cross-border traders.

Read our latest article on empowering African women:

https://t.co/N3n93DNu8T

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

As the Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2026 conference draws to a close and the 'Make Africa Borderless Now!' campaign begins, we reflect on the border concept:

https://t.co/b2CzNlvcix

#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

��For a borderless Africa to work, we must de-colonise our minds”:

https://t.co/n7RH57Mllq

#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow

[Ziad Hamoui @ZHamoui]

#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow

Join us in signing the petition to make Africa borderless:
https://t.co/i6Qq3OTqLT

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Ahead of APD2026: promoting a Borderless Africa

https://t.co/7XrikNdwGE

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

The Africa Trade Summit is on.

We will be bringing you exclusive insights from our interactions at the conference, through our newsletter.

To register:
https://t.co/zbPGxP9pei

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Happy International Customs Day @WCO_OMD, @GhanaRevenue and all our Customs partners.

Check out the goodwill message from our Executive Secretary, Afua Eshun: "Security through Facilitation: Celebrating International Customs Day 2026"

https://t.co/lQiNKM6jPe

#ICD2026

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

#MC14 provides a rare opportunity to reform the @wto system and to rally Africa's priorities.

Watch a replay of the latest episode of Eye on Port, about "Revitalising the Multilateral Trading System" and the role of @iccwbo:

https://t.co/SIC0kvK3f7

#Trade #Africa #Advocacy

[Borderless Alliance @borderlesswa]

Join the conversation with Kennedy Mornah on "Revitalising the Multilateral Trading System" and the role of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Tune in to @metrotvgh or join the livestream on the following link:

https://t.co/SIC0kvK3f7