The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a US trade act that was enacted on 18 May 2000 as Public Law 106 of the 200th Congress of the US. The 2023 AGOA Forum was recently hosted in South Africa. It was a significant meeting between the US and 40 African nations that are all part of AGOA as an American trade agreement programme.
The significance of the AGOA arrangement is especially important for South African agriculture as a
