This article represents a continuation of my series titled “China, America and Russia’s Game of Influence in Africa”, published on this page on 10 July, 2019, which was followed...

Trade between the US and sub-Saharan Africa is in the doldrums despite a 2000 US law designed to boost access to the US market, a conference on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has shown.

With six years to the expiration of the extended African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the United States (U.S.), has expressed concerns about the performance of the scheme, saying petroleum products continued to account for the largest portion of AGOA imports, with a 67 per cent share.    

The United States of America has unveiled an initiative called ‘Prosper Africa’ through which it aims to substantially increase two-way trade and investment...

The Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), has re-introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) visa stamp to non-oil exporters. This, according to the NEPC, was to ensure that exporters in the country....

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has called on Nigerian exporters to explore the gains of the extended African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which facilitates duty free exports to the United States of America.

The Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) has emphasized the need for managers of the Nigerian economy and stakeholders to prioritise developmental efforts towards driving Micro Small...

While various data have shown Nigeria’s poor participation and benefit from the extended trade deal, African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Accounting for a paltry volume of $9 million out of $2.7 billion agricultural exports recorded by the continent to the United States in 2017, the State Department’s Acting Director for Economic and Regional Affairs...

The rise of Rwanda from its nadir in 1994 when 800,000 people were killed in genocide against the minority Tutsi has been phenomenal. Economic and social indicators have out-performed other countries in Africa and around the world.

The chamber, which has the mandate of promoting trade and commerce between Nigeria and America, said it also signed pacts with the USAID/West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (WATIH) in order to boost Nigeria’s share of world trade.

Nigeria’s current economic situation, particularly the disparity between naira and U.S. dollar present huge opportunities that must force government and stakeholders to boost non-oil exportation through   the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), experts have said.