{"id":12890,"date":"2025-05-11T07:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T07:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seybold-report.com\/?page_id=12890"},"modified":"2025-05-11T07:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T07:59:28","slug":"adewale-joel-adebisi-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seybold-report.com\/index.php\/adewale-joel-adebisi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adewale Joel Adebisi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12890\" class=\"elementor elementor-12890\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8c8970 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8c8970\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a89d16\" data-id=\"1a89d16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ddb5f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ddb5f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7706c96\" data-id=\"7706c96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68b7ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68b7ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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This study assessed the contribution of AfCFTA to Nigeria\u2019s economic development by analyzing secondary data sourced from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Central Bank of Nigeria, EconoTrend, and other relevant literature. Using descriptive statistical analysis techniques, the study examined trends in intra-African trade and its impact on Nigeria\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The findings indicated that although there was a notable surge in intra-African trade in 2019, coinciding with restrictions on global trade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its long-term impact on Nigeria\u2019s economic growth remains insignificant, considering the size of Nigeria in this huge market called Africa. Therefore, the Nigerian policymakers and the Minister of Trade need to accelerate the drive towards the actualization of the African continental free trade for the prosperity of Nigeria and other African countries. The study suggested the need for further research, extending from 1960 to the present, to provide clearer insights into the intra-African trade environment and its effects on Nigeria\u2019s economy.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Keywords:<\/strong><\/p><p>AfCFTA, Nigeria, Intra-African trade, Economic development, GDP, Trade policy<\/p><p><a href=\"#\"><strong>Received<\/strong>:<\/a> 12 April 2025<\/p><p><a href=\"#\"><strong>Accepted:<\/strong><\/a> 30 April 2025<\/p><p><a href=\"#\"> <strong>Published:<\/strong><\/a> 11 May 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3374a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4d3374a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/seybold-report.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Adewale-Joel-Adebisi.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PDF<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98306ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98306ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1a2f5f\" data-id=\"e1a2f5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 AFCFTA, International Cooperation, and Economic Development of Nigeria \u00a0AUTHORS:\u00a0 \u00a0 Samuel Olajide Dada, Oladipupo Adebawojo, Adewale Joel Adebisi*, Wasiu Adebayo Fashola, Oluwaleke Oguntamu DOI: 10.5281\/zenodo.15382149\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Page:\u00a0 \u00a0104-123\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Vol: 20\u00a0 \u00a0 Issue: 05\u00a0 \u00a0Year: 2025 \u00a0 \u00a0 ABSTRACT The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/seybold-report.com\/index.php\/adewale-joel-adebisi-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adewale Joel Adebisi<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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