Mable Kisaka is the Managing Partner at MESA Advocates. She is a specialized business and trade lawyer who advises clients on regional trade and foreign direct investment transactions. She is currently working with various Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) to help them navigate export documentation, international standardization requirements as well as procedures, trade financing and other legal and regulatory procedures relating to regional and international trade transactions.
It has been reported that the Rules of Origin (the “RO”), set forth in Annex 2 of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (the “AfCFTA” and “Treaty,” respectively) and…