The video explores the African Union’s new, inclusive trade strategy, defining the African Diaspora—including African Americans—as the “Sixth Region” of Africa within the AfCFTA framework. This designation means that anyone of African descent, no matter where they live, is offered a legitimate seat at Africa’s economic table. The African Union implements special trade policies to encourage commerce by the Diaspora, offering incentives and establishing a “Commerce Trail” to reconnect people of African descent worldwide with trade opportunities on the continent.
Key institutions, such as AfriExim Bank, play a pivotal role, providing financial and logistical resources to make cross-border and cross-continental trade seamless. The video underscores that these changes are written into policy and create an unprecedented door of opportunity for Diaspora entrepreneurs, exporters, and investors. The presenter shares personal experience, noting that involvement with key African trade events and institutions provided insider insight into how welcoming Africa now is for Diaspora trade participants. The intent is clear: Africa is not just open to, but waiting for, the return of its global family to spark economic transformation and foster business connections that benefit everyone involved.youtube
Step into a historic new era—Africa is calling YOU home!
In a groundbreaking move, the African Union officially invites the African Diaspora—including African Americans and all descendants of Africa worldwide—to participate in the continent’s greatest economic leap: the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). For the first time in history, anyone of African descent is recognized as part of Africa’s “Sixth Region,” unlocking doors to cross-continental trade, investment, and partnership.
The invitation isn’t just symbolic—Africa has built powerful policies, unique incentives, and robust institutions like AfriExim Bank to make doing business seamless and rewarding for the global African family. Whether exporting goods, investing, or launching fresh ideas, the continent treats the Diaspora as insiders, not outsiders.
This policy shift creates a vibrant “Commerce Trail”—a direct bridge for enterprise, connection, and prosperity. The opportunities are real. The welcome is genuine. There has never been a better time to bring your business dreams, talents, and resources back to Africa’s vast market.
Africa is not just waiting for you; it’s creating space, offering resources, and celebrating shared success stories. From Miami to Lagos, Cairo to Atlanta, the bonds are growing stronger, and the rewards for crossing this bridge are transformative!
Take the leap. Answer the call. The Sixth Region’s moment is now.
Picture a future where Black farmers, entrepreneurs, investors, churches, and families—from New Jersey to New Orleans, Ghana to Jamaica—grow real wealth together, build businesses that cross oceans, and establish a legacy of prosperity that’s truly global.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the engine that makes this future possible.
AfCFTA isn’t just another trade agreement—it’s our chance to create a self-sustaining network of Black economic excellence, open new doors for business and employment, and disrupt barriers that have held us back for generations.worldbank+1
Explore the movement:
Vast Markets: AfCFTA opens free trade across 54 African nations, creating the largest trade zone on earth and access to over a billion consumers.weforum
New Pathways: African Americans and the wider Diaspora can export food, tech, fashion, arts, finance, and services—all while bypassing old barriers and building direct relationships.
Shared Prosperity: By tearing down the walls of exclusion, AfCFTA offers jobs, wealth, knowledge, and opportunity for all ages—especially youth and women.lajtp.uchile
Collective Power: Every export, partnership, and investment is a step toward Black economic independence and legacy.
Top resources:
You are the roots of Black economic power.
AfCFTA lets you sell to millions abroad and collaborate with African producers.
Research crops in demand via USDA FAS; join the National Black Farmers Association
Form co-ops, share shipping, and expand market reach
Secure trade financing:
Learn export standards: Get Ready to Export
Your harvest can feed and clothe the world.
Your business can fuel generational change.
Think beyond the block—expand to Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and beyond.
Form consortia to bundle goods and negotiate better rates
Connect with the National Black Chamber of Commerce
Get export-ready with SBA Trade Guide
Set up digital sales with Flutterwave
Every sale is a breakthrough—every partnership rewrites history.
Finance is the fuel for transformation.
Equip entrepreneurs and families with tools for ownership.
Innovative AfCFTA-focused loans and group investment vehicles (PAN AFRICAN CAPITAL GROUP)
Lower-cost, digital remittance partnerships (M-Pesa)
Financial literacy: Lead workshops for youth, business owners, and elders
Empower our people to build, buy, invest, and own.
Churches are the heartbeat of empowerment.
Unleash economic justice from the pulpit, classrooms, and community spaces.
Host AfCFTA awareness campaigns, prayer circles, and trade fairs
Create business cooperatives, mentor circles, and youth programs
Use newsletters, sermons, and social platforms to spread the word
Economic salvation is community action—power in spirit and enterprise.
Land is legacy and leverage.
No empowerment without ownership: secure the hubs for trade, storage, and entrepreneurship.
Acquire property near trade routes, ports, and growth zones
Form REITs, investment groups, and co-ops for collective ownership
Guide families and businesses to pool resources and invest in Africa and the Diaspora
Build the supply chains of the future—lift entire populations with every deal.
Every invested dollar is a beacon.
Start funds, teach peers, and support new ventures with wisdom and collective fire.
Pool capital for diaspora impact investing
Lead education, due diligence, and best practice workshops
Crowdsource and mentor emerging entrepreneurs
Shape the destiny of our communities—lay the foundation for prosperity and self-determination.
Black farmer networks are exporting Georgia sweet potatoes and Alabama collard greens, doubling profits and creating new local jobs.
Point-of-sale networks are being built in Nigeria and South Africa, connecting US and African entrepreneurs.
African and African American Entrepreneurs Collaborate to Build a Community in Ghana
Year 1:
Host 50 AfCFTA workshops nationwide—churches, colleges, and business incubators.
Launch 25 new export cooperatives, real estate ventures, and investment clubs.
Years 2–5:
Build $50M+ networks of Black-owned enterprises, supply chains, and banking projects across the Atlantic.
Grow thousands of jobs, student internships, and micro-businesses linked to AfCFTA.
This moment is historic—and demands action. Are you ready to rise?
Attend or host an AfCFTA workshop: Get your church, business, or club involved.
Partner up: Join co-ops, mentor circles, or multi-family investment groups.
Secure funding and training: Use Black-owned banks, public programs, and grant directories.
Teach and learn: Mentor youth, share your ideas, and be a resource to the entire community.
Spread the movement: Social media, newsletters, community events—multiply energy and excitement everywhere.
You are the next chapter in our liberation story. Don’t watch—join, build, and prosper!
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AfCFTA is the bridge to Black wealth, self-determination, and global unity.
Are you ready to take the first step?