Barter is the present and the future of international trade, especially for people who is starting in the import export business. Barter and more: Triangular operations.
Uniting 55 nations with so many tribes, so multitude of languages and diversity of their economies, could be an unrealistic goal, although is very desirable in the long term, but impossible soon, firstly, African countries should manage the sovereignty and some poverty rates very diverge along the continent.
Africa with 1 billion people would be third in population of the world after China and India, although Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt are one third of the population of the whole Africa, and South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt have the half of total GDP of Africa.
But Mugabe president of Zimbabwe (basis in Gadhafi’s original proposal, but in different way) called for the formation of a giant continental superpower in order to compete better in the world. By now, African countries should strengthen the unity democracy and stability.
related article: “Africa search Europe-style trade”
In Sylodium (international trade directory) you can advertise for free your company or your project, at the intersection of cities like: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - Dakar (Senegal). Lagos (Nigeria)- Rabat (Morocco). Maseru (Lesotho)-Lusaka (Zambia) . Cairo (Egypt) - Conakry (Guinea). Johannesburg (South Africa) - Nairobi (Kenya). Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - Harare (Zimbabwe).......