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IMF Warns of Fragile Global Recovery, Highlights Uneven Growth and Risks for Sub-Saharan Africa

October 16, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a modestly improved near-term global economic outlook but warned of persistent vulnerabilities, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presenting its […]

Uganda: Y. Museveni relativizes his country’s exclusion from the US Agoa trade program

November 7, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

In a series of posts on the social network X, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni put into perspective Washington’s exclusion of his country from the African […]

Africa-US trade Summit in Johannesburg despite tensions

November 3, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

On Thursday November 2, South Africa has started hosting a summit focusing on the continent’s economic and trade exchanges with the United States, following controversies […]

US President excludes four African countries from AGOA

November 1, 2023 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

US President Joe Biden has informed the Congress Tuesday October 31 his intents to remove Uganda, Gabon, Central African Republic (CAR) and Niger as beneficiaries […]

South Africa to host US-Africa trade summit as diplomatic tensions ease

September 23, 2023 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Washington and Pretoria have announced that the US-Africa trade summit, which will address the African Growth and Opportunity Act’s (AGOA) future, will be held in […]

US-Africa: AGOA has had a “positive but limited impact” on exports (report)

April 26, 2023 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In 2021, five of the 39 beneficiaries accounted for 82% of non-oil exports to the US under the AGOA. That year, textiles and apparel made […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo once again to benefit from the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act

December 24, 2020 Steven Addamah 0

After almost a decade of exclusion, the Democratic Republic of Congo will once again be able to benefit from the trade preferences offered by AGOA. […]

US to revoke Mauritania’s AGOA benefits; Nouakchott denounces the move as “betrayal”

November 6, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The United States will end Mauritania’s trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the start of next year, the US trade […]

Clothing market: Trump suspends duty-free status for Rwanda

July 31, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suspended Rwanda’s ability to ship apparel products duty-free to the United States due to a trade dispute between the […]

Africa-US AGOA forum ends in Lomé with no change to the deal

August 11, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) free trade deal forum ended in Togo’s Capital Lomé on Thursday with no significant change to the deal. The […]

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