West Africa Trade Hub 2 Annual Progress Report #2
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WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT #2 WEST AFRICA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HUB PROJECT # EEM-I-00-07-00006-00 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 Annual Report #2: Oct 2008-Sept 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................ v LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES .......................................................................... vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 1 Table 1: Trade Hub Performance Indicators ......................................................... 4 Table 2: Country Summary Table ......................................................................... 7 TRADE HUB EVENTS FY 2009 ................................................................................ 8 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 12 1 Business (Trade Investment Capacity) ...................................................... 14 1.1 AGOA Services ...................................................................................... 16 1.2 Market Linkages .................................................................................... 22 1.3 Cashew and the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) ................................... 27 1.4 Shea ....................................................................................................... 33 1.5 Home Décor and Fashion Accessories .................................................. 38 1.6 Apparel ................................................................................................... 42 1.7 Specialty Foods ...................................................................................... 46 1.8 Fish and Seafood ................................................................................... 53 2 Financial Services ...................................................................................... 59 2.1 Access to Finance .................................................................................. 59 2.2 Mobile Money ......................................................................................... 67 3 Transportation Infrastructure ..................................................................... 71 4 Business Environment ............................................................................... 88 5 Telecommunications Infrastructure ............................................................ 97 ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................................... 100 1 Trip Reports ............................................................................................. 100 2 Trade Export Promotion and Poverty Reduction: Assessing the Multipliers....................................................................................................... 3 Trade Hub Organigram .................................................................................. 4 Tradewinds stories ......................................................................................... 5 Trade Hub Exporters Directory ...................................................................... 6 Trade Hub Partners ....................................................................................... 7 ACA Newsletter ............................................................................................. 8 ACA 4th Annual Conference: Value & Efficiency (program) ........................... 9 Shea 2009: Optimizing the Global Value Chain (program) ............................ iii WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 Annual Report #2: Oct 2008-Sept 2009 10 Trade Hub Handcrafts Export Guide .............................................................. 11 Taste of Africa Cookbook & Company Directory ........................................... 12 Transforming Trade Finance: An institutional analysis of access to finance by West African export-ready companies (Trade Hub Technical Report #26) .................................................................................................... 13 Transforming Trade Finance: Access to lending by West African export ready companies and regional traders (presentation) .................................... 14 Mobile Money Report Executive Summary .................................................... 15 Publicis Borderless Campaign (presentation) ................................................ 16 8th Report of the Improved Road Transport Governance Initiative ................. 17 Increasing Efficiency in Transport & Transit: Lessons for West Africa from southeast Europe (presentation) ........................................................... 18 Summaries of Civil Society Organization Campaigns .................................... 19 Awareness of Road Corruption in Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo ................... 20 Reduced Road Transport Costs Report Executive Summary ........................ 21 West Africa Road Transport Market (presentation) ........................................ 22 Cashew Transport Study (presentation) ........................................................ 23 ETLS Gap Analysis Participants List ............................................................. 24 Certification Guide (draft) ............................................................................... iv WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 Annual Report #2: Oct 2008-Sept 2009 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ACA African Cashew Alliance AGCI African Global Competitiveness Initiative AGOA Africa Growth and Opportunity Act AIMS African Investors Management Services ARC AGOA Resource Center ASEPEX l’Agence Sénégalaise de Promotion des Exportations CBC Conseil Burkinabè des Chargeurs COCOBOD Ghana Cocoa Board COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COP Chief of Party CY calendar year CET Common External Tariff DCA Development Credit Authority DFID Department for International Development DSI Département des Services Informatique (Information Services Department), UEMOA ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States (also CEDEAO) ED enterprise development EDIF Export Development and Investment Fund EGAT Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade EPA Economic Partnership Agreement ESE European Seafood Exposition FTA free trade area FY fiscal year FP focal point GAMA Ghana Apparel Manufacturers’ Association GFSR Global Food Security Response GSP Generalized System of Preferences GTZ German Technical Corporation (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule IESC International Executive Service Corps IRTG improved road transport governance MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation MM mobile money MMT mobile money transfer MNO mobile network operator NGOs nongovernmental organizations NOAA United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OPA observatoire des pratiques anormales (French name for IRTG initiative) OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation RRTC reduced road transport costs RTIS regional trade information system v WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 Annual Report #2: Oct 2008-Sept 2009 SAGIC Senegal Accelerated Growth and Increased Competitiveness SIAO Salon International de l’Artisanal de Ouagadougou SIDIM Salon International du Design d’Intérieur de Montréal SME small and medium enterprise SOW scope of work SPS Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary TIC trade and investment capacity TIFA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement TLS Trade Liberalization Scheme TNC trans-national corporation UEMOA Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (also WAEMU) USAID/WA United States Agency for International Development/West Africa USCBP United States Customs and Border Patrol USG United States Government USTR United States Trade Representative WACIP West Africa Cotton Improvement Program WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union WAMI West Africa Monetary Institute WAMZ West Africa Monetary Zone WAML West Africa Market Links WASSDA West Africa Sustainable Seafood Development Alliance WTO World Trade Organization vi WEST AFRICA TRADE HUB 2 Annual Report #2: Oct 2008-Sept 2009 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1 Trade Hub Performance Indicators 4-6 Table 2 Country Summary Table (FY 2008) 7 Table 3 FY 2009 Trade Hub Events 8-11 Table 4 Trade Hub Companies, Exporters and Buyers 15 Table 5 AGOA Imports to the U.S. (West Africa) 19 Table 6 AGOA Imports to the U.S. (East and Central Africa) 20 Table 7 Trade Hub brands 24 Table 8 FY 2009 International Trade Shows & Conferences 26 Table 9 Recommendations of the reduced road transport costs study 80 Table 10 Comparison of Nigerian Tariffs 90 Table 11 Tariffs for select products in West Africa 91 Figure 1 AGOA Gantt Chart 21 Figure 2 Market Linkages information flow 22 Figure 3 AfricaNow! at the New York International Gift Fair 25 Figure 4 African Cashew Alliance Annual Conference branding 28 Figure 5 Cashew price trends, June 2007-August 2009 29 Figure 6 Business-to-business meeting at the ACA annual conference 29 Figure 7 Cashew Gantt Chart 32 Figure 8 Shea 2009: Optimizing the Global Value Chain 33 Figure 9 Opening speakers at Shea 2009 34 Figure 10 Mame Diene receives the Cartier Women’s Initiative Award 34 Figure 11 Malian women applying “Body Butter,” a Body Shop skin lotion 36 Figure 12 Shea Gantt Chart 37