- President Muhammadu Buhari signs the African Continental Free Trade Area.
- Only Eritrea is left to join the trade pact in Africa - largest in terms of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organisation.
- African Union members are expected to release policy document for the operational phase out of the agreement at the Niger summit.
Nigeria has joined signatory to the African free trade pact at the opening of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic.