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Stakeholders create shared value at Shea 2012

Wednesday, May 9 2012

Joe Lamport

Consensus on establishing a shea nut quality program and a new initiative to increase the use of shea in the U.S. food industry were among the outcomes of the fifth annual shea conference, “Shea 2012: Shared Value,” in Cotonou, Benin, co-organized by the Benin Association for Export Promotion, the Global Shea Alliance and the USAID West Africa Trade Hub.

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What's Happening at the USAID Trade Hub

Wednesday, May 9 2012

Nanabea Adarkwah-Agyapong

U.S. Ambassador Phillip Carter III and Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Commerce, Mr. Dagobert Banzio, inaugurated a new AGOA Resource Center in Abidjan.

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'Most nutritionally amazing' baobab coming to Fancy Food Show

Monday, May 7 2012

Leslie Shages
Recently, a chef who designs recipes for giant food companies like Kraft and General Mills was dumbfounded after analyzing a cream-colored powder provided to him by the USAID West Africa Trade Hub.
 
The baobab tree is perhaps the most recognizable tree in Africa.
The baobab tree is perhaps the most recognizable tree in Africa.
“It’s the most nutritionally amazing natural product I’ve
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USAID West Africa Trade Hub Brochure

Posted: April 4, 2012 - updated on May 17, 2012

A brochure presenting the activities of the USAID West Africa Trade Hub.

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AfricaNow! at the New York International Gift Fair January 2012

Posted: March 28, 2012

AfricaNow!, a network of producers and importers of home decor and fashion accessories, is helping buyers source with confidence from West Africa. 

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Celebrate the women behind the shea industry!

Posted: March 8, 2012

Celebrate the women who make the shea industry ! Shea 2012: Shared Value promotes women's economic empowerment ! 

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As cashew apples fall, nut processing capacity rises across West Africa

Friday, February 24 2012

Joe Lamport
Cashew apples are getting plump and starting to drop across West Africa. Despite a few anomalies – a cold spell in The Gambia, sporadic rains in Ghana – many are expecting the 2012 season to see a new record harvest, surpassing last year’s million tons of raw cashew nuts.
 
That quantity makes Africa the world’s leading producer – supplying almost half of the world’s cashews.
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What's Happening at the USAID West Africa Trade Hub

Thursday, February 23 2012

Nanabea Adarkwah-Agyapong
 

Transforming Trade set for Abidjan, May 15-16

The first Borderless Conference – “Transforming Trade 2012” – will bring stakeholders to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, May 15-16, 2012, to focus on improving West Africa’s business environment, the Borderless Alliance has announced.
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Impact of Expedited Trade on Private Sector Investment in ECOWAS

Posted: February 22, 2012

Trade has been the life-blood of the West African landscape for generations. It connects markets and people and dispenses goods and services throughout the vast and diverse West African region. Since independence, many governments have strived to make trade better organized and more efficient. Among recent attempts, the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS),  enacted in 1993, was expected to be in full force in 2005.
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Interview: Moono Mupotola of the African Development Bank

Tuesday, February 21 2012

Joe Lamport
In October, the African Development Bank finalized its strategy for Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) in West Africa.
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