Why Africa needs a new trade order to thrive as global turmoil increases

Kenyan workers prepare garments for export at a factory in Ruaraka, Nairobi, operating under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).

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On February 3,2026 President Donald Trump signed a law extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), the preferential trade agreement between the US and African countries, through to December 2026.

The agreement had lapsed in September 2025. I choose to read this renewal as a signal, however modest, to the world that African trade still matters.

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