Addis Ababa to host 2013 AGOA Forum
The US government announces Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, as the next host city for the 2013 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum.
To be held August 12-13, 2013, the theme for this year’s AGOA Forum is “Sustainable Transformation through Trade and Technology”.
The Ministerial-level event will include a high level dialogue on the future of US-Africa trade and economic cooperation, according to the US State Department.
Officials say the Forum will be preceded by private sector and civil society programmes, as well as a programme arranged by the Ethiopian African Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP), on August 10-11.
There will also be a US– sub-Saharan Africa Trade Exhibition to run concurrent with the Forum events, officials added.
By Ekow Quandzie
I would like to participate to this upcoming AGOA Forum in Addis Ababa. As a Somali-American and a business owner with great interest in Technology and investment in Africa, I feel this would be an ideal opportunity to learn, investment and participate with like minded members.