In June 2002, USAID/Southern Africa established the Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub (USAID Trade Hub), in Gaborone, Botswana.

The USAID Trade Hub’s primary objective is enhancing the competitiveness of Southern Africa products and services, which, through increasing trade, play a key role in reducing poverty.

With a strong regional team of technical experts and additional short-term consultants, the USAID Trade Hub provides technical assistance and capacity building to policy-makers and businesses in the region.

Areas of expertise:  the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Exportable Agricultural Products, Improving the Regional Business Environment, Finance, Energy, Transport, Customs and Private Sector Advocacy.

governance & transparency

The USAID Trade Hub continuously works with government officials and policy-makers to enhance their technical capacity and skills as well as to make them increasingly aware of international best practices and standards as well as the requirements of the private sector.

climate for business

he USAID Trade Hub works with government officials and policy-makers to design policies that are conducive to private sector-led growth as well as our assistance to national and regional agencies in the implementation of such policies.

trade

The USAID Trade Hub continuously works to enhance intra-regional and international trade in Southern African products and services. In this regard the USAID Trade Hub provides technical assistance and capacity building support to both policy-makers and the private sector.

enterprise & employment

The USAID Trade Hub engages in several activities to support the capacity of individual businesses and private sector associations to market and export their products