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- United States Commercial Service (USCS) within the US Department of Commerce, the U.S. Commercial Service offers the trade counseling, market intelligence, business matchmaking, and commercial diplomacy you need to connect with lucrative business opportunities. Visit Website
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) works to help developing countries achieve rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth. The growth needed to ensure their peoples’ well-being over time. Visit Website
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is the U.S. Government’s development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical world challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy. Because OPIC works with the U.S. private sector, it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. Visit Website
- U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) places a high priority on sub-Saharan Africa in supporting projects designed to facilitate economic development. In fact, one of the agency's first grants was signed in Tanzania in 1981. Since then, USTDA has invested over $90 million in the region, which have resulted in over $1 billion in U.S. exports associated with partnerships between African project sponsors and U.S. firms.Visit Website
- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im Bank) provides U.S. exporters with the financing tools they need to successfully compete for business in Africa. Ex-Im Bank's products and initiatives help U.S. exporters in all regions of Africa, including high-risk and emerging markets. Visit Website
- The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is a nonprofit, membership-based organization established in 1993 to promote business and investment between the United States and the nations of Africa. CCA is the premier American organization devoted to U.S.-Africa business relations and includes as members more than 180 companies, which represent nearly 85 percent of total U.S. private sector investments in Africa.Visit Website
- The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) promotes sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development through efficient productive systems, deeper co-operation and integration, good governance, and durable peace and security for countries in Southern Africa. Visit Website
- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) integrates internationally competitive regional economic communities with high standards of living for all its people ready to merge into an African Economic Community. Visit Website
- The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) was signed into law by the US government on May 18, 2000 as Title 1 of The Trade and Development Act of 2000. The Act offers tangible incentives for African countries to continue their efforts to open their economies and build free markets. Visit Website
- African Economic Outlook Download Report
- Current and Emerging Development Issues in Africa Download Report
- Office of the United States Trade Representative Visit Website
- The following websites are just a few of the resources African businesses can use to either search or post information on the products or services they wish to sell. Unless otherwise noted, the services provided by these websites are free.
- Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) - www.fita.org - FITA affiliates include over 450 independent international associations. The associations include: world trade clubs, Chambers of Commerce, international logistics associations, international trade associations, exporter associations, and professional associations. The website also has a trade lead section.
- Trade World - www.tradeworld.net - an Africa-specific source of trade leads, government tenders, and trade information that aims to connect African businesses with buyers and suppliers in other countries via the Internet. Fees vary by type of service.
- Trade Zone - www.tradezone.com - international trade services for manufacturers, importers and exporters, trade service businesses and opportunity seekers. The website lists international trade business opportunities, free import and export trade leads, a trade bulletin board, and traders' websites and website advertising services.
- World Access Network of Directories (WAND) - www.wand.com - offers trade directory technologies with a classification system of over 60,000 product and service types. The service provides trade leads and trade information for buyers and sellers in 16 languages.
- Interlink Capital Strategies - www.i-caps.com - Interlink Capital Strategies is a Washington, DC based consulting firm specializing in emerging market finance and business development. The company provides expertise in international project financing, trade financing, government advocacy, private equity, business development and marketing.
- Uniworld Business Publications - www.uniworldbp.com - publishes directories of U.S. firms operating in foreign countries and directories of foreign firms operating in the U.S.
- World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) - www.wtca.org - WTCA is an organization of nearly 300 World Trade Centers in almost 100 countries. The website is a one-stop trade information hub for posting and reviewing trade opportunities, and communicating with newly found business prospects. World Trade Centers can provide matchmaking services and lists of trade leads.
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