The adoption of the African Continental Free Trade Area has increased expectations that  jobs will follow, as free movement of goods and services increases. To make this ... Read more »

The Africa Growth and Opportunities Act, AGOA, which was started in 2000, is the way in which the United States has built trade ties with the continent and has 39 African member ... Read more »

The African Trade and Opportunities Act, AGOA, established by the U.S. government on May 18, 2000, has been described as the cornerstone of the U.S. economic engagement with ... Read more »

Florizelle Liser, president and CEO of the Corporate Council on Africa, says "the key message" from the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Maputo is "the door is very much open for ... Read more »

Enactment of the BUILD Act provides what the American private sector needs to promote U.S. investment in Africa and help them compete against subsidized Chinese firms, former U.S. ... Read more »

Trade, Industry and Co-operatives Minister Amelia Kyambadde has said the country is working on a plan to increase its exports to the U.S. through the Africa Growth and Opportunity ... Read more »

U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended Rwanda's duty-free access to the United States for apparel products until Rwanda comes back into compliance with African Growth and ... Read more »

Governmental officials from Africa and the United States, along with Ministers and representatives from private sector and nongovernmental organizations, met in Washington, DC July ... Read more »

East African countries have been receiving second-hand clothing from the U.S. via AGOA, initially passed by the American Congress in 2000 to allow for low-income African countries ... Read more »

President Donald Trump has said that Rwanda's barriers to U.S. exports of used apparel and footwear are the reason for his latest threat to suspend duty-free treatment of clothing ... Read more »