Africa seeks bigger US trade slice for Agoa to make sense

Textile factory.

The US is the largest export destination of Kenya’s apparel, accounting for over 90 percent of garment exports every year. PHOTO | FILE

African countries may need more trade privileges with the US even as Washington reviews the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) meant to expand what the continent will export.

At the end of the US-Africa summit in December, Washington pledged to renew Agoa, bringing clarity to uncertainties that had befell exporters from countries such as Kenya.