{"id":40565,"date":"2025-09-16T14:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=40565"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:29:18","slug":"africa-without-borders-cairos-call-to-trade-trust-and-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=40565","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA Without BORDERS&#8230; Cairo\u2019s Call to Trade, Trust, and Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Taghreed Hussein writes \u270d\ufe0f<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Undersecretary, National Media Authority<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Member, Foreign Relations Committee \u2013 The National Council for Women<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>U<\/strong><\/span>nder the resonant theme <em>\u201cConnecting Africa Now: Trade without Limits\u201d<\/em>, Cairo has become the beating heart of continental dialogue, hosting a series of high-level African trade meetings that bring together ministers, senior officials, and private sector leaders. The gatherings aim to strengthen partnerships, expand investment opportunities, and shape the future of Africa\u2019s economic integration.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40566 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0022-1086x1536.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the center of these engagements, the <strong>Private Sector Business Forum<\/strong>\u2014organized under the umbrella of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)\u2014opened in Cairo, marking the <strong>first-ever AfCFTA Trading Companies Business Forum<\/strong> on the continent.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0021.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0021-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0021-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the opening, <strong>Dr. Nevine Nakhla, AfCFTA Trading Company, Egypt<\/strong>, underscored the Forum\u2019s role as more than just a platform for discussion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet this Forum across Africa be a launchpad\u2014not just for dialogue, but for deals and real projects.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her words set the tone for a gathering that aspires to translate rhetoric into reality.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40570 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0016-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>H.E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the AfCFTA<\/strong>, reaffirmed the organization\u2019s commitment to strengthening logistics frameworks and harnessing digital technologies as engines of Africa\u2019s integration and growth.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40568 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0017-768x954.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, <strong>H.E. Hassan El Khatib, Egypt\u2019s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade<\/strong>, highlighted Africa\u2019s unique wealth\u2014its history, resources, and strategic geography\u2014and emphasized the imperative of transforming these assets into a unified economic reality that elevates Africa\u2019s global competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Egypt\u2019s leadership role was further underscored by its recent assumption of the <strong>Chairmanship of the Bureau of the Council of Trade Ministers for the North Africa Region<\/strong>, reinforcing Cairo\u2019s pivotal place in steering the continent\u2019s integration efforts.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40569 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250916-WA0018-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Cairo, the message was clear: Africa\u2019s destiny is not to trade in fragments, but to <strong>rise as one continent\u2014without borders, without limits. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Dr. Taghreed Hussein writes \u270d\ufe0f Undersecretary, National Media Authority Member, Foreign Relations Committee \u2013 The National Council for Women Under the resonant theme \u201cConnecting Africa Now: Trade without Limits\u201d, Cairo has become the beating heart of continental dialogue, hosting a series of high-level African trade meetings that bring together ministers, senior officials, and private sector &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4220,388],"tags":[2537,1455,15584,21752,21753,4645,21691,2573],"class_list":["post-40565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-slide","tag-africa","tag-and","tag-borders","tag-cairos-call","tag-to-trade","tag-transformation","tag-trust","tag-without"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40565"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40576,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40565\/revisions\/40576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}