{"id":61293,"date":"2025-09-06T21:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025"},"modified":"2025-09-06T21:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T21:41:26","slug":"africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10, under the theme \u201cBuilding Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organised by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the AfCFTA Secretariat, this a weeklong fair stands as a major strategic platform to boost intra-African trade, attract investments, and strengthen continental integration.<\/p>\n

This edition will bring together more than 1,600 exhibitors, 35,000 participants, and delegations from 75 countries, with an expected business volume exceeding USD 44 billion.<\/p>\n

It will highlight key sectors such as innovation, value-added industrialization, technology, creative industries, automotive, youth, and women in business.<\/p>\n

The stakes of IATF 2025 are of the highest importance. The event aims to support the rise of a truly unified African market, backed by the power of 1.4 billion consumers and a combined GDP of over USD 3.4 trillion.<\/p>\n

It also seeks to promote deeper economic integration under the AfCFTA, through the signing of concrete trade agreements and the organization of strategic sectoral forums.<\/p>\n

Beyond trade exchanges, IATF 2025 will showcase African innovations in key areas such as technology, agriculture, sustainable industry and creativity.<\/p>\n

Special focus will be placed on the inclusion of youth, women, and entrepreneurs, whose dynamism remains a key driver of the continent\u2019s economic transformation.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10, under the theme \u201cBuilding Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA.\u201d Organised by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the AfCFTA Secretariat, this a weeklong fair stands as a major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-61293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nAfrica\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\",\"name\":\"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 - Lesotho","description":"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025","og_description":"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025","datePublished":"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025"},"wordCount":228,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg","keywords":["Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025","name":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-06T21:11:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-06T21:41:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) will take place in the Algerian capital from September 4 to 10 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1757178361.537843.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/africas-economic-future-at-intra-african-trade-fair-2025#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Africa\u2019s Economic Future at Intra-African Trade Fair 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}