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The USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub boosts trade and investment with and within Southern Africa.

Video Credit: African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP)

 

USAID Trade and Investment Hubs advance enterprise-driven solutions to unlock Africa's growing markets. Through innovative public-private sector partnerships, the Hubs promote trade and investment that drive international commercial expansion and encourage resilient economic growth — a win-win for the U.S. and our African partners.
 

Corridor Performance Monitoring System

The Corridor Performance Monitoring System (CPMS) is a web-based platform operated by South African supply chain management company, Crickmay & Associates (Crickmay).

Crickmay has agreements with over a dozen major Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking companies, whose partnerships with transporters allow Crickmay to obtain billions of raw data points related to commercial transport across Southern and Eastern Africa.

Download the CPMS fact sheet here:  pdf SATIH CPMS Fact Sheet (999 KB)

Download the manual here:  pdf CPMS Application Viewer User Manual V2 Final (1.85 MB)

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The IGD U.S. roadshow tour, Africa Investment Rising: Building Momentum for Investing in Africa’s Economic Prosperity, was held between April 18 - May 1, to showcase the tremendous trade and investment potential in Africa and to build stronger U.S. and African business connections in key growth sector.
 

 
This landmark event will bring together senior level participants from banks and financial institutions, Africa country funds, venture capital institutions, corporate entities engaged in trade, manufacturing, agribusiness and mineral extraction, government, regulators, along with farmer and mining groups from across Africa and global markets.
 

The Trade and Investment Hub (The Hub) is supporting Zambian avocado growers to access regional and international markets for avocados. An essential aspect of market access relates to complying with phytosanitary requirements of the importing country. The Avocado Growers Association of Zambia (AGAZ, 2017) estimates that local farmers are well placed to produce more than 40,000 metric tons of avocados per annum to meet the growing demand in South Africa as well as to supply the regional market. 

The Trade and Investment Hub, joined by the U.S. Embassy, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USAID, the South Africa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and TRALAC (Trade Law Center), contributed to a successful African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum and networking event organized by WESGRO, the provincial tourism, trade and investment promotion agency for the Western Cape, in Cape Town, South Africa. 

USAID/Southern Africa Mission Director John Groarke, Regional Economic Growth Office (REGO) Director Thomas Rojas, Agriculture and Trade Advisor Takele Tassew, Trade and Investment Hub Activity Manager for Malawi Eluphy Nyirenda, and Feed the Future Agricultural Diversification Project (Ag Div) COR John Macy, joined by representatives from the Trade and Investment Hub, recently conducted field visits in Lilongwe, Malawi, to Hub partner companies and organizations. 

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