Rendeavour Signs Partnership with AfCFTA Secretariat for Trade Infrastructure
The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has selected Rendeavour as its first implementation partner for infrastructure-led industrialisation and trade-enabling urban development. The agreement was announced on May 21, 2026, in Lomé, Togo.
rnz.co.nzThe African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has partnered with Rendeavour to advance implementation of the AfCFTA through infrastructure-led industrialisation, integrated economic zones and trade-enabling urban development across the continent.
The signing took place at Biashara Afrika 2026 in Lomé, Togo. The partnership positions Rendeavour as the AfCFTA's inaugural implementation partner for African industrialisation and trade infrastructure.
The agreement was reached during the Biashara Afrika 2026 event. E. Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat. The partnership focuses on infrastructure projects intended to facilitate trade and industrial growth under the AfCFTA framework.
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The agreement may support new infrastructure projects across AfCFTA member countries.
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