Opportunities lost as Botswana misses AGOA train

AGOA is a unilateral trade arrangement by the U.S for African countries. The benefits provided by the scheme have allowed for an average of around 70 percent of all imports from sub-Saharan Africa to enter the U.S duty-free.

Although Botswana has most of the factors that are required to be eligible for AGOA, local businesses are still lagging behind when it comes to international trade, particularly in exporting to the United States of America.