On Monday, 17th August 2020, I commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union Commission. This is the first time, in our history, that Ghana has the responsibility and privilege of hosting an important pan-African institution.

As hosts of the AfCFTA Secretariat, Ghana has fully discharged all her obligations and commitments agreed with the AU Commission, and we have, today, handed over a fully furnished and befitting office space, in a secured and easily accessible location within the business centre of Accra, as the Permanent Secretariat of the AfCFTA. We have provided also an appropriate, furnished residential accommodation as the official residence of the Secretary-General of the AfCFTA.