2005 Press Releases

2005 AGOA Forum Announcement

April 27, 2005

Department of State
Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
African Growth and Opportunity Act

AGOA Forum IV - Dakar, Senegal, July 18-20, 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.