Nigeria to leverage on public-private partnership with OneAgrix for better market access in agriculture and halal under AfCFTA

Nigeria is poised to leverage on the recent launch of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) for its Agricultural and Halal food products with its public-private partnership with OneAgrix, a global B2B Agriculture and Halal marketplace. This enables the country to gain better market access by using OneAgrix’s trading platform both regionally and globally.

With the implementation of the AfCFTA, countries in the African continent can increase their intra-continent trade by reducing trade barriers, especially in the agri-food products which will enable them to improve their food security. Food security is an issue that has been highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic as more countries are looking to diversify their food sources.

In tandem with the commencement of the AfCFTA, Dr. Noel Akpata has launched a Nigeria Feeds The World Initiative, that will economically empower the country’s smallholder farmers, and small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). This will allow those in the agri-food sector to access markets within the continent and beyond especially markets that cater for the halal consumers. All these are made possible through the OneAgrix marketplace platform which is the country’s official technology and platform partner under this initiative.