Our Africa, Our Future: Care and Public Services under the African Continental Free Trade Area

By Wangari Kinoti

METHODOLOGY
This paper has been compiled from desk research of available literature on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the gendered impacts of global trade liberalisation and the state of public services in Africa. Insights gained from various discussions at the African Business and Human Rights Forum held in Accra in October 2022 have been incorporated into the paper. It has been revised to its final version following reviews by experts working at the intersections of trade, economic justice and feminist economic alternatives. The paper builds on ‘Weaving Our Fabric: Framing an African Feminist Public Services Agenda’ by the same author and presents a set of considerations on what the AfCFTA may mean for the prospect of gender-transformative public service delivery on the African continent.