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Transportation Vital to Trade
Globally, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimates that international transportation costs average 9 percent of the value of exports, but in Africa, such costs average 11.4 percent, as compared to only 6.8 percent...
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Africa Needs Better Leaders
The recent death of former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda has led to a lot of discussion and remembrance of well-known African leaders of the past, such as Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta, South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and...
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Investment in Africa a Growing Phenomenon
Since the days of media bad-mouthing of Africa as a ruined continent, the last decade or so has seen the promotion of Africa as a land of economic growth and great potential. The question is: will American investors beyond those in the extractive...
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The African-African American Divide
I read an article recently that discussed the antagonism many Africans experience from African-Americans and vice versa. I have witnessed this my entire life. I have seen it in operation within my family and among friends and colleagues. We are...
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Safeguarding Fairness in US-Africa Trade
After threatening to remove Ethiopia from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) since November of last year due to human rights violations in the country’s Tigray region, the Biden administration finally announced the move on the first...
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The Punitive Use of AGOA Benefits
I have had the honor of working on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) since it was introduced in the House of Representatives in the late 1990s. In those early days, Members of Congress such as the late Donald Payne were focused on...
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