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Africa:
Time for Continent's Economies to Grow, Says Obama
Times of Zambia, 10 June 2011
UNITED States of America President Barack Obama has said the time is ripe for African economies to grow by taking advantage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act… Read more »
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Africa:
American Market Yearns For African Exports
Times of Zambia, 10 June 2011
THE US has provided a ready market for African products to that country under the auspices of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) but many African countries, Zambia… Read more »
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Africa:
Let's Work as a Team, First Lady Urges African Women
Times of Zambia, 9 June 2011
FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda has called for team spirit among African women to spearhead development on the continent. Read more »
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Zambia:
U.S. Optimistic of the Country's Increased Market Share
Times of Zambia, 9 June 2011
THE United States (US) is optimistic that Zambia will increase its market share in America provided that it improves products and work extra hard. Read more »
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Africa:
AGOA Changes U.S.-Africa Trade Ties
Times of Zambia, 9 June 2011
AGOA has fundamentally changed the US-Africa trade relationship by building new government and private sector partnerships, US Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella has said. Read more »
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Africa:
Small-Scale Business Pays Off - U.S. Official
Citizen, 8 June 2011
Increased investment in small businesses has a great potential of enabling Africa to overcome the challenges of global competition, US trade representative, ambassador Ron Kirk,… Read more »
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Zambia:
Zamtel Calls for Business Links During AGOA Indaba
Times of Zambia, 8 June 2011
ZAMTEL, the official AGOA Forum communications partner, has urged entrepreneurs to take advantage of the gathering to forge business links. Read more »
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Zambia:
Utilise AGOA Incentives - RB
Times of Zambia, 8 June 2011
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has urged all local business entities participating in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to take advantage of the incentives which the Act… Read more »
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Zambia:
U.S. Firms' Investment Beneficial - Mutati
Times of Zambia, 6 June 2011
ONE of the best ways through which Zambia can benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is to attract American companies to invest in the country, Commerce… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Reforms Could Help Rwanda to Tap AGOA Niche
New Times, 6 June 2011
African countries grouped under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) must invest in energy to attract more industries that are able to add value to agricultural products… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Local Business People to Meet Hillary Clinton
Zimbabwe Independent, 2 June 2011
LOCAL businesspeople under the auspices of the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) will this month meet United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pave the… Read more »
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Zambia:
Women Traders to Unveil SMEs Business Incubators
Times of Zambia, 3 June 2011
Africa Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP) Zambia Chapter will unveil the business incubator for local Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) at the forthcoming African Growth and… Read more »
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Africa:
Briefing On 2011 Agoa Forum
State Department, 1 June 2011
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, and Vice President for Compact Implementation for the… Read more »
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Africa:
Agoa Key to U.S. Support for Economic Growth
State Department, 2 June 2011
Economic growth in Africa will help stabilize the continent and reduce conflict, as well as improve the well-being of its people, and the Obama administration is looking to the… Read more »
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Zambia:
Agoa to Fast-Track 2030 Vision Attainment
Times of Zambia, 2 June 2011
THE expected increased in Zambia's trade with America under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) will fast-track the country's attainment of the vVsion 2030 and other… Read more »
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Zambia:
Hillary Clinton to Grace Lusaka's Agoa Forum
Times of Zambia, 2 June 2011
THE American government has offcially confirmed that secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the 10th African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum which will be held in… Read more »
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East Africa:
Hilary Clinton to Visit UAE, Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia
United States Government, 31 May 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will go to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a meeting of the Libya Contact Group on June 9. This meeting will build on the last Contact… Read more »