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Spotlight | East Africa, Southern Africa
Economic actors brace for AGOA shakeup

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Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025.
Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025.
Levi's jeans produced in the Ruaraka Free Trade Zone near Nairobi, Kenya, 4 April 2025. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

With an extension of the US's African Growth and Opportunity Act beyond this year far from certain, the continent's manufacturers are alarmed about the financial ramifications and are asking for clarity. But the American political calender is restricting their room for manoeuvre.

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