NASME Tasks Entrepreneurs To Use AfCFTA To Grow Businesses

The Nigerian Small and Medium Enterprises Association (NASME) has called on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to explore the benefits that the Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) offers to grow their businesses.
NASME National President Dr. Abdulrashid Yerima made the appeal in an interview with The Tide source in Abuja.
It also commissioned entrepreneurs to explore the 18th MSME Summit and Expo positioned to provide a powerful platform to expose MSME operators to opportunities to do business within and outside Nigeria, especially within African countries.
The theme of *the summit scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Abuja is “Positioning MSMEs* for the opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.”
“While the event would provide an avenue for industry experts to discuss a regulatory framework for full participation in AfCFTA, it would expose MSMEs to various financing windows for development projects.
It would also stimulate an efficient synergy that could drive the growth and development of MSMEs in Nigeria, as well as create marketing opportunities for products made in Nigeria,” Yerima said.
We gathered that no less than 300 MSMEs are expected to exhibit their products and services, among others.