Gambia says never benefitted from AGOA

The U.S. National Security Council has voiced concern over Gambia's move to block access to UN human rights investigators and for enacting new laws against homosexuality.

ACA Annual Conference in Banjul slated for September 19-22

ACA Ag President, Mr. Kilangi

Over the years, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) conference has become one of the most renowned cashew conferences in the world, with more than 200 participants from 24 countries attending the 2010 event.

This year, the organisers have chosen The Gambian capital, Banjul to host the 6^th Annual African Cashew Alliance Conference from September 19-22.

The conference is said to offer a unique chance to cashew actors to understand local processing and to get a foot into the door of local sourcing, getting access to other market players and bringing the cashew world together.

The Gambia is regarded a “relative newcomer” in the cashew world, however, it has been tipped to become a center of the cashew trade in the African region. The Gambia and her neighbors Guinea-Bissau and Senegal together produces nine (9) percent of the world crop, that is, approximately 180, 000 metric tonnes.

Green Africa Exposing Opportunities Under The AGOA

Prof Darryl R.O. Prevost

The Green Africa Tour, an initiative of the CADIA Institutes and Academies in the United States of America was established to help expose the prospects offered under the Africa Growth and Opportunities Act, AGOA.

The AGOA, an initiative of the US Government in 2000 is meant to step-up trade between the United States of America and the African continent.

According to Prof Darryl R.O. Prevost, President AAADAC Alumni Clubs and Executive Director CADIA Institutes and Academies, the Green Africa Tour represents the development of a mature and direct supply chain of fair trade and organic products from Africa.