Africa seeks Agoa extension

>African leaders have agreed to push for a 15-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which waives duty on a long list of exports to the United States.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Jan

South Africa risks deletion from Agoa

Washington is on the brink of striking out South Africa off the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), after it missed its December 31 deadline to resolve a dispute on trade levies.

 

5 years ago

BBC

10 Apr

Coronavirus in South Africa: Lockdown extension condemned

Extending restrictions until the end of April will create an economic disaster, the opposition says.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jun

Africa seeks competitive growth

Cape Town. There are “no free rides” ahead for Africa as it seeks to maintain strong growth in the face of fierce global competition, business leaders told the regional World Economic Forum (June 3-5) on Thursday.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

31 May

Africa seeks new super banker

Abidjan. With 80 ADB shareholders - 54 African states and 26 non-African countries - set to vote on Thursday, it is difficult to predict, who will succeed Rwandan Donald Kaberuka, bank chief for two consecutive terms since 2005.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Sep

Ramadhani seeks Africa court review

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will ask African Union heads of state to revoke the law requiring them to make a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the judicial organ.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 May

Argentina seeks Africa’s backing over Malvinas

>Last month Argentina hosted reporters and editors from across Africa to drum up the continent’s support for its diplomatic efforts to regain Malvinas Islands from the UK.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Apr

EU-Africa summit kicks off as Brussels seeks new ties

With helicopters circling overhead, snipers lurking on the rooftops, sirens baring through the streets, and terse military police manning barbed-wire fortifications, European and African leaders kicked off their two-day summit in Brussels yesterday, seeking to renew a valuable relationship under threat from new suitors.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

02 Dec

East Africa: EAC Seeks Fairer Deal At Climate Change Summit

East Africa: EAC Seeks Fairer Deal At Climate Change Summit
AllAfrica.com
Kigali — As talks in the global climate change summit reaching a peak, the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) is calling for a fair deal which will be favourable to Africa and the region in particular. "Africa is not a major polluter like the ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Sep

TZ second biggest Agoa beneficiary

With a key US-Africa trade agreement - African Growth Opportunities Act (Agoa) - up for renewal next year (2015), it has emerged that Tanzania was last year the second largest trading partner with the world’s largest economy in East Africa.

 

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