US-Africa trade deal turns 25 next year: Agoa’s winners, losers and what should come next

Posted on Mon 13 May 2024 in Trade • Tagged with Africa, USA, AGOA, sub-Saharan Africa, US, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Togo, Burundi, CAR, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau

AGOA Africa Map

Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is a landmark piece of trade legislation enacted by the United States in 2000. Its goal is to promote economic growth, development and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa by providing qualifying countries with duty-free access to the …


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Nigeria’s food insecurity: declaring a state of emergency isn’t a real solution - here’s what is

Posted on Mon 31 July 2023 in Nigeria • Tagged with Food security, food insecurity, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tinubu, India, Kenya, Cameroon, Algeria

In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College

Nigerians doing their grocery shopping in July 2023 are paying 25% more for staple items than they did a year …


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