Africa loses billions in potential trade earnings --
With African leaders now calling for a continental free trade area by 2017 to boost trade within the continent, a new World Bank report shows how African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighboring countries, and that it is easier for Africa to trade with the rest of the world than with itself.
There is the need for Africa to trade more with itself to be able to survive the stiff global competition.