Press Releases

AGOA Forum Announcement

April 27, 2005

The United States is pleased to announce that the government of Senegal will host the 2005 U.S.-sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA) in Dakar, July 18-20.  The AGOA Forum is an essential element of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.  The Forum will bring together governments of the United States and of the thirty-seven AGOA-eligible countries, as well as representatives from the private sector and civil society.  Participants will discuss how AGOA can continue to be a vehicle to increase trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa.