There is an African proverb which says that "you must attend to your business with the vendor in the market and not to the noise of the market".
If the 54 sovereign countries that form the nucleus of the African continent had paid heed to these words, then they could have capitalised on the greatest economic opportunity that continuously presents itself on the continent, which was to opt for the process of intra-Africa trade.
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