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The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System seeks to liberate the continent from the dollar without waiting for a common currency – but there are hurdles to overcome. File photo
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Can Africa trade without the dollar?

If Africa can trade with itself, on its own terms, in its own currencies, it could rewrite the rules of global commerce

  • Rafia Akram
8 min read