Moyombuya Ngubula

Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export at the Alltex export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Athi River, near the Kenyan capital Nairobi, July 31, 2009. Kenya's exports to the United States rose 8 percent to 20.6 billion shillings ($268 million) in 2008, largely due to U.S. legislation to promote African trade, Kenya's trade minister Amos Kimunya said. The U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has granted duty-free access for many sub-Saharan African nations' products since 2000. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E57V1PAB01

Post-AGOA: Moving to a reciprocal US-Africa trade arrangement

Witney Schneidman and Moyombuya Ngubula

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

People walk through the streets of a shopping area in Addis Ababa May 26, 2014. Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA5R05A501

Figure of the week: Urbanization, poverty, and social protection in East Africa

Moyombuya Ngubula

Friday, September 1, 2017