The Africans Time on Regional Blocs, Trade Corridors and Market Access
Africa’s trade map is never as simple as the lines printed on customs charts. Stand at a busy border post at dawn, watch trucks nose forward in slow formation, listen to drivers compare paperwork in Swahili, French, English, Arabic, and local languages, and the real picture comes into focus. Regional blocs are not abstract institutions in distant capitals. They show up in axle queues, warehouse rent, insurance premiums, and the mood of a trader waiting for a stamp that shou