New commercial roadmap in the Horn of Africa. A bet on 4 structuring gains
Five countries, one document, and one promise: transform the Horn of Africa into an integrated commercial space by 2031. Adopted this week in Addis Ababa, the commercial roadmap of the five countries of the Horn of Africa activates four concrete levers: reduction of barriers, increase in traded volumes, logistics and customs efficiency, continental competitiveness.
The adoption by the five countries of the Horn of Africa of a 2026-2031 roadmap to facilitate trade opens an unprecedented sequence. Behind a ministerial consensus, a four-step mechanism is emerging whose macroeconomic and sectoral scope deserves careful reading. Because this document is not a simple catalog of good intentions: it targets specific levers whose combination can transform the region into an integrated commercial space.
