 Intra-continental trade has struggling in the past with only 10.2% of trade in the continent being done in Africa in 2010.The Chairperson of the African Union and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, writes, "Increasing intra-African trade does not mean doing less business with the rest of the world.On the contrary, as we trade more among ourselves, African firms will become bigger, more specialized, and more competitive internationally.