GhanaWeb
May 15, 2010
Capitol Hill, Washington DC
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Congressional Leaders and African Ambassadors to the United States celebrated 10th anniversary of the passing of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), On Wednesday; May 12, 2010. The ceremony occurred in Room 1100; Longworth House Office Building, Capitol Hill. Continue reading
Fibre2Fashion
May 7, 2010
The Saharan region of Africa is still struggling to get a strong foot hold in the global arena. But with the aid of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), opportunities would be showing a silver lining. Continue reading
By Abdoulaye Agne
Walf Fadjri
May 4, 2010
Cela fait déjà une décennie que la loi américaine intitulée la Croissance et les possibilités en Afrique (Agoa) favorise les relations commerciales entre les Etats-Unis et l’Afrique sub saharienne, en ouvrant le marché américain aux produits africains libres de droits et taxes et de quotas. Est-ce une bonne loi pour l’Afrique ? Certes oui, mais une amélioration est encore nécessaire pour une meilleure prise en charge des préoccupations de développement durable. Continue reading
Reussir Magazine
April 29, 2010
Dix ans après le vote de la Loi américaine sur la croissance et les possibiliés en Afrique (AGOA), ses concepteurs ont dévoilé une nouvelle politique économique et commerciale devant être présentée à l’administration du président Barack Obama et qui devrait développer davantage les relations commerciales entre l’Afrique et les Etats- Unis. Continue reading
African Development Bank
April 28, 2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has said that Africa’s infrastructure needs will benefit most from a general capital increase as recommended by the institution’s Governors Consultative Committee (GCC) on 23 April in Washington D.C. Continue reading
By Len Bracken
International Trade Daily
April 27, 2010
Reproduced with permission from International Trade Daily, 79 [ITD-BUL] (April 27, 2010). Copyright 2010 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com
A group supporting the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA ) released April 26 an outline for a new U.S. policy approach toward Africa that includes a call to protect the law’s beneficiaries from what the group calls “hyper-competitors” from other parts of the world. Continue reading
African American Environmentalist Association
April 26, 2010
The Whitaker Group (TWG) and the Center for Global Prosperity (CGP), part of the Hudson Institute, co-hosted a luncheon discussion today at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washingtin, DC themed “Innovative Mechanisms for Maximizing Capital Flows to Africa.” The lunch brought together African Finance Ministers, US business and policy leaders and heads of emerging market funds. AAEA President Norris McDonald and AAEA Vice President Derry Bigby attended the luncheon. Continue reading
by Emeka Okafor
Africa Unchained
March 22, 2010
Rosa Whitaker writing in AllAfrica:
The Wall Street Journal recently asked eight prominent philanthropists and NGO executives how they would spend $10 billion to achieve the biggest and longest-lasting impact on the world’s problems.All eight came up with great ideas, but the clear winner in my opinion came from leading Swedish businessman and philanthropist Percy Barnevik, who said he would use the money to unleash the entrepreneurship of the world’s poorest citizens. Continue reading
GhanaWeb
March 11, 2010
Bill Gates’ commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world’s poorest countries has stimulated an interesting discussion on what would be the best use for such a large charitable gift. It’s an important discussion too, as more very wealthy entrepreneurs use their charitable giving to change the whole paradigm of aid to the “bottom billion.” Continue reading
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
November 20, 2009
African nations and domestic textile interests wasted no time slamming the first serious legislative attempt in the 111th Congress to overhaul U.S. trade preferences, while Bangladesh, a key player on the opposite side of the debate, was lukewarm. Continue reading
Africa is a place where many things have been changing and continue to change for the better, write Rosa Whitaker, Hassan Ba, David Applefield, Tumi Makgabo, Mugo Kibati, Kola Karim, Euvin Naidoo, and Ali Belhaj in Corporate Africa 2009.
For all the enthusiastic response to President Obama’s July address in Ghana and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first Africa visit in August, there is another Africa in which the Obama message of African accountability resonates differently.
Graphic Ghana
October 28, 2009
Ms Rosa Whitaker, the President and CEO of the Whitaker Group (TWG) of USA has assured African exporters that despite the economic downturn, the $11-trillion US market still offered many opportunities to African entrepreneurs willing to stay abreast of the dynamic marketing environment of the United States and market their products to meet consumer demand. Continue reading
By Tahirah Hairston
The Hilltop – The Daily Student Voice of Howard University
Thursday, October 1, 2009
“Made In Africa” will be on the logo of the Purchase For Africa (PFA) t-shirts soon to be sold in Howard University Bookstore. The Howard University African Business Club has teamed up with the Howard University Bookstore for the Purchase for Africa T-shirt Design contest, where students were able to put their creativity to the test and submit t-shirt designs. Continue reading
By Peter Cohn
Congress Daily
September 30, 2009
For advocates of expanding trade with Sub-Saharan Africa, the best offense might be a good defense as the calendar winds down and the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees remain singularly focused on healthcare legislation.
That hasn’t stopped Rosa Whitaker, a former assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa and onetime aide for Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel, who was on Capitol Hill last week shopping a series of proposals designed to shore up the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Continue reading
By Joseph J. Schatz
CQ Politics
September 5, 2009
Excerpt
Backers of the original Africa system of preferences say that a flatter and wider trade program would give an unfair leg up to the very countries that have been some of Africa’s fiercest competitors for investment — places such as Bangladesh and Cambodia, which, although poor, are home to enormous textile and apparel concerns. Especially as the global textile industry struggles to survive the recession, African advocates argue, this is no time to threaten preferences for African countries. Continue reading
Ebony Magazine
October 2009
Excerpt
Rosa Whitaker, trade consultant: A matter of respect
Obama’s firm message against corruption led some people to wonder why Western leaders are so quick to mention corruption when they talk about Africa. “Africa was poor long before it was corrupt. Why are Western leaders comfortable talking to Africans in this way? When they go to China or Russia, both of which are known for corruption, they don’t talk to them about [such things],” says Rosa Whitaker, who also served as a former U.S. trade representative to Africa. Continue reading
By Janine Zacharia
New York Times
September 15, 2009
Letter from Africa
LUANDA, ANGOLA — Donald Steinberg arrived in Angola in 1995 as U.S. ambassador to find American oilmen doing more than drilling for coastal crude.
“They were, in fact, the American ambassadors to Angola in that period,” Mr. Steinberg recalls. “The only real relationship was through the oil companies.” Continue reading
Published at allafrica.com – Trade Talk with Rosa Whitaker
by Rosa Whitaker
In the aftermath of the annual AGOA Forum held last month in Nairobi, there has been a chorus of pessimists placing AGOA in the Hall of Shame of failed policy initiatives. They could not be more wrong.
In fact, AGOA is among the most successful US policies towards Africa-especially in terms of a return-on-investment ratio. According to the OECD, over the past 50 years the US has spent well over $325 billion dollars in foreign aid to Africa – yet Africa remains the only region of the world getting poorer. The returns on investments from US aid have been dismal. Continue reading
Inside U.S. Trade – 8/14/2009
Private-sector and African government sources this week expressed disappointment over the Obama administration’s apparent refusal to endorse expanding the number of products covered under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), extending the program beyond 2015, or keeping AGOA-type benefits from other poor countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. Continue reading
Host:
Dr. Shaka Ssali
Guests:
*Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura (Professor of Political Science at Howard University)
*Ms. Rosa Whitaker (Director of the Whitaker Group and former and first US Trade Representative for Africa under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) Continue reading
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