Afrika Tikkun, a non-profit youth organisation for disadvantaged communities in South Africa, has welcomed the US bipartisan effort to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) until 2041.
Democrat Senator Chris Coons and Republican Senator James Risch, introduced a 34-page “Agoa Renewal and Improvement Act of 2024” bill in Congress last week, in a bid to renew and strengthen a key trade programme with sub-Saharan African countries.
Agoa provides eligible sub-Saharan (...)