(file photo) A textile exhibitor at an African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) conference in Nairobi.
U.S.-Africa Trade at a Crossroads
The U.S. Commerce Department office in Ghana is likely to be shut down due to budget cuts, says Corporate Council on Africa President Steve Hayes. This would close Americas commercial beachhead in one of Africas most thriving economies, Hayes writes in an AllAfrica guest column. Ghana's Trade Minister, in an interview, says investors should be looking more closely at her country, a functioning democracy with a fast-growing economy offering lots of opportunities.
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Africa: Last Frontier for Business Increasingly Abandoned by the U.S. Department of Commerce
allAfrica, 28 March 2011
Less than two years ago, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made headlines as they landed in Accra, Ghana. The July 2009 visit was historic, coming only months… Read more »
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Ghana: Trade Combats Disparity and Promotes Diversification - Minister
allAfrica, 28 March 2011
Hanna Tetteh has been Ghana's minister for Trade and Industry and a senior advisor to President John Evans Atta Mills since February 2009. The country has recorded steady economic… Read more »
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Africa: U.S.- African Trade More Than Doubled in Eight Years
America.gov, 17 February 2010
In the past eight years, U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa has more than doubled as Africans improve their lives and livelihoods while exporting an ever-expanding list of goods to… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight 'Successful Models' And Be An 'Effective Partner' - Obama
allAfrica, 2 July 2009
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a… Read more »
