Dakar, Senegal -- The four trade development offices operated by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nairobi, Kenya; Gaborone, Botswana; Accra, Ghana; and Dakar are a prime example of the Bush administration’s commitment to expanding trade and economic development across Africa, says Lloyd O. Pierson, USAID’s assistant administrator for Africa. Pierson made that point while briefing reporters on the importance of the USAID trade hubs at the recent African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Dakar. It was at that venue that the fourth hub -- located in Dakar -- was announced. “We are not talking just...
