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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

 

COMPENDIUM OF AFRICAN TRADE-RELATED SUCCESS STORIES AND CASE STUDIES [June 2010]

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADS418.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

 

This compendium includes success stories and case studies produced by implementers of USAID's Africa Global Competitiveness Initiative (AGACI) and complements the compendia published by AGCI in 2008 and 2009. It highlights specific examples of successes that USAID programs have achieved in Africa, from reducing red tape and costs associated with trade, to forging partnerships with farmer organizations, facilitating access to finance, and attaining new visibility in the global marketplace. Many of these success stories have been generated by the four African Global Competitiveness Hubs―located in Accra, Dakar, Nairobi, and Gaborone and managed by USAID's regional missions in West, East, and Southern Africa.

 

CONTENTS

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Businesswoman gambles on better future ........................................................................................................ 2

Improving connectivity between Tanzania and Malawi .................................................................................. 3

Kenyan widows reap profits with maize sales ................................................................................................. 4

Computers improve commerce .......................................................................................................................... 5

User pay principle for corridor sustainability .................................................................................................. 6

Five challenging years build a business ............................................................................................................... 7

Facilitating trade in the SADC region ................................................................................................................ 8

U.S. buyers look to SOURCE Africa for quality African apparel ................................................................ 9

Changing the mentality is the first step ........................................................................................................... 10

Fair trade cotton becomes social harvest ....................................................................................................... 11

The sweet smell of success ............................................................................................................................... 12

Competitive shea industry continues to grow .............................................................................................. 13

Coffee revives industry and forest ................................................................................................................... 14

Initiative brings benefits of soy protein to SADC region ............................................................................ 15

Opportunities bloom for east and central African flower growers ......................................................... 16

As the Alliance grows, so does business ......................................................................................................... 17

From �price-taker‖ to �price-maker‖ .............................................................................................................. 18

Providing 10,000 farmers with secure markets to sell rice ........................................................................ 19

Tanzanian horticulture exports take off .......................................................................................................... 20

Africa Pavilion at MAGIC 2010 welcomes VIP .............................................................................................. 21

Kenyan businessman praises benefits from AGOA ...................................................................................... 22

Working with 3,000 weavers, Gahaya Links is now a profitable enterprise .......................................... 24

Access to credit helps grow interest ............................................................................................................... 25

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