free trade Africa

Agoa opens up opportunities for Africa’s female entrepreneurs

The African Growth and Opportunity Act gave African businesses preferred access to American markets; Africa's female entrepreneurs quickly took the gap, selling their unique products on an international scale to boost their countries' economies.

G20: Africa’s growth can stabilise the world economy

As the economies of Europe and North America wane, Africa is seen as a new centre of demand. This idea drives Australia's five-point Brisbane Action Plan, as it helms the G20 for 2014, to stabilise the world's economy and lift the continent out of poverty.