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Borderless Alliance retweeted
The businesses that live with standards and compliance every day are bringing their experience to #ATDF2026.
When a shipment is rejected or held for retesting at a border, the cost lands on a company’s balance sheet first. That’s why Africa’s private sector has a seat at the table in Addis Ababa.
@vimalafrica, @gizeshwork_tess, @JoachimWesterv2, Nohémie Mawaka, @sonia_U15, @ZHamoui, @bosolar2011, Rostam Azizi, Anthony Githinji, Winnie Wambui Githinji, Yonas Alemu, Issufo Malaze and @Angeluwantege will sit down with Africa’s trade decision-makers to share what it really takes to meet buyers’ requirements, and what would make it faster and cheaper to do so.
Their experience will help shape the solutions and commitments agreed at the Forum.
📍 23–24 November, Addis Ababa
@BidcoGroup, @LogisticsPlc, @biofoodske, @Rostam, @stl_ke, @DasunLtd, @borderlesswa,
@CODEX @FrearkBruinsma
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Let us stop looking at borders as barriers & start viewing them as bridges to a more peaceful, prosperous and integrated Africa.
Thank you @AUC_PAPS for the opportunity. Let us remain engaged beyond #ABF2026, towards promoting the free movement of goods and people across Africa
The first half of day 2 of the Abidjan Border Forum focused on cross-border integration, featuring a public lecture by H.E. Adama Dosso, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the challenges of integration in a changing Africa, moderated by Dr Paul Simon Handy, Regional Director, @issafrica.
It was followed by a panel discussion on cross-border cooperation for the integration of peoples, moderated by Mr Jacques Essissongo of Congo 🇨🇬, with contributions from Mr Issoufou Yao of the Sikasso-Korhogo-Bobo-Dioulasso Cross-Border Local Authorities Union, Dr Jabulile Mzimela of 🇿🇦, Mr Galma Agah of the Peace Committee in Sollolo Subcounty 🇰🇪, and Ms Gertrude Rose Gamwera Buyiga 🇺🇬 Discussions focused on decentralisation and cross-border cooperation; local knowledge, mobility, cultural ties, and life on the border; the links between cross-border cooperation and informal structures; and collaboration among cross-border local authorities.
Prof. Innocent Moyo also moderated a roundtable on opportunities and prospects for cross-border trade across Africa, with contributions from Mr Ziad Hamoui of 🇬🇭, Mr Yao Gnangoran of the Noé Intervention Unit of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organisation, Mme Jeanne Nlate of FOTRAC and Mr Moses Mugisa of 🇺🇬.
Critical recommendations included the need to strengthen cooperation between the AU, RECs and Member States in implementing an integrated border governance towards the actualisation of the @AfCFTA. At the borders, scaling up industrialisation and value-added production and transport and logistics networks towards improving intra-Africa trade, promoting Good neighbourliness and cross-border development projects, supporting economic activities in border communities and promoting social cohesion across borders.
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Africa Trade Development Forum 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23–24 November 2026.
Speaker: Hon. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Republic of Ghana.
With Ghana targeting $10 billion in non-traditional exports by 2030 and championing harmonised standards across ECOWAS, the Minister brings West Africa’s export ambition to Addis Ababa.
Co-hosted by TradeMark Africa and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, under the theme “Building Africa’s Exports Through Quality.”
Speaker profile: atdf.trademarkafrica.com/spe…
#ATDF2026
@BorderlessAlliance @pefghana @agighana
@GhanaChamber @GEPAGhana @gipaghana
@geximgh @GHANAFREEZONES1
Borderless Alliance retweeted
“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: makeafricaborderlessnow.com/
#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow! #VisaFreeAfrica #papervspavement #TradeWithoutBorders #AfCFTA #AfricaProsperity #BorderlessAfrica #FreeMovement #WomenInTrade #RegionalIntegration
Borderless Alliance retweeted
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.
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@_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 retweeted
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: africaprosperitynetwork.com/…
Time: GMT
#AfricaProsperityNetwork #APN #AUPDay #BorderlessAfrica #AfCFTA #AfricanIntegration #FreeMovement #AfricaRising #Agenda2063
Borderless Alliance retweeted
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 retweeted
#MakeAfricaBorderlessNow
Join us in signing the petition to make Africa borderless:
makeafricaborderlessnow.com/
Borderless Alliance retweeted
We left GH dreaming of 1 Africa. We returned with proof, that borders can fall, hearts can unite, tourism can boom, & unity is within reach. The road doesn’t end here, it accelerates. Let’s make #VisaFreeAfricaBy2030 reality. Join the call. Share the vision,Pressure your leaders
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Experts meeting in #Geneva from 7-9 May, will investigate how trade facilitation and transit can contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.
Discussions will focus on #TradeFacilitation reforms and the @WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation.
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Borderless Alliance retweeted
RT @ZHamoui: Successful launching of the 8th annual @Borderlesswa Borderless Alliance Conference, #Borderless2019, slated for April 24-26 in Accra, #Ghana
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Borderless Alliance retweeted
A room full of African leaders committed to #TradeMakeWork . The #AfricanNTFCForum has just started in Addis Ababa! Join our facebook livestream on facebook.com/unctad
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Next week we'll kick off the First African Forum for National #TradeFacilitation Committees.
Shamika N. Sirimanne, who directs our work on technology and logistics, tells us why this is such a landmark event. #AfricanNTFCForum #MakeTradeWork
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Cut red tape at borders and #Africa will prosper✂️😡💰Let’s deal with it at the First Africa Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees in Addis Ababa, 27-29 November ✅
#AfricanNTFCForum #MakeTradeWork
🆕INFO bit.ly/2JXBkVH 🆕
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Benin OSBP at Krake-Seme now partially operational and formally opening this week. Will be interesting to see impact on processing times in the next couple of years @AFRIGOS @borderlesswa @AborneNetwork #SemeBorder
Borderless Alliance retweeted
With Africa’s combined 1.2 billion pop & $3.4 trillion GDP, the potential gains from integrating the continent are huge.
However, intra-African trade is still just 14.2% of total goods
trade, partly because of the high costs of trading across borders.
Let's #IntegrateAfrica!
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Counting down to @borderlesswa upcoming regional annual conference, #borderless2018 in Bamako, Mali. Registration is still ongoing. You can do that online using this link: borderlesswa.com/mali2018/bo…
Borderless Alliance retweeted
Having problems in Ghana or Burkina Faso with moving your goods in/out of the ports? Are you being unnecessarily delayed or harassed along the road corridors or border crossings? @borderlesswa can help. Visit
tradebarrierswa.org/ and log your complaint. Easy and Free!
Borderless Alliance retweeted
We are three weeks away from Borderless Alliance's seventh annual regional conference, themed around #efficient #corridor #management in West Africa.
Registration is now available online at this link:
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Borderless Alliance retweeted
Seventh annual @Borderlesswa conference will take place in Bamako, Mali, May 09-11:
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