Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export at a factory operating under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act, in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on September 19, 2025. Monicah Mwangi/Reuters Johannesburg/Nairobi Thomson Reuters Foundation —

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over an Africa-US trade deal set to expire by the end of September, with African unions warning that more than a million indirect jobs could be on the line if it is not renewed.

But some trade experts and economists say the possible end of the 25-year-old African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) could allow African countries to seek potentially beneficial deals with other partners, or boost trade with each other.

“AGOA is the breadbasket of many people in very critical sectors,” said Hod Anyigba, chief eco

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