Export to Africa

Trade & Investment Hubs

The U.S. Agency for International Development's regional Hubs provide businesses and investors the support they need to grow, including business consulting, transaction facilitation, and more.

U.S. Commercial Service

The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. businesses export and grow internationally by offering companies the full range of expertise in international trade.

U.S. Small Business Development Centers

Centers provide U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses with consulting and training on business planning, marketing, international trade, and much more.

Business Matchmaking

The U.S. Department of Commerce increases U.S. companies' brand awareness and market exposure abroad, and helps them establish relationships with potential partners.

Minority Business Development Agency

MBDA promotes the growth of U.S. minority-owned businesses through public and private sector programs, policy, and research.

State Trade Expansion Grants

STEP grants help U.S. small businesses learn how to export, participate in trade missions, trade shows, and more. They are supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Export Credit Guarantees

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Export Credit Guarantee Program provides credit guarantees to encourage financing of commercial exports of U.S. agricultural products.

Market Access Program

The Foreign Agricultural Service works with U.S. agricultural trade associations, cooperatives, and small businesses to help build export markets for U.S. agricultural products.

Emerging Markets Program

The Foreign Agriculture Service's Emerging Markets Program helps U.S. organizations promote exports of U.S. agricultural products.

Trade Shows

The U.S. Department of Agriculture endorses the trade shows that will provide the best international exposure and marketing opportunities for U.S. companies and producers.

Trade Missions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture supports international trade missions to provide U.S. exporters with the opportunity to forge relationships with potential customers, gather market intelligence, and generate sales.

Reverse Trade Missions

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency brings African project sponsors to the United States to observe the innovative design, manufacture, and operation of American products and services to support their infrastructure development goals.

Workshops & Conferences

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency develops the reliable relationships that U.S. companies and partner countries need to advance key priorities. USTDA-sponsored events connect U.S. firms with African partners, highlight upcoming infrastructure projects, and showcase cutting edge U.S. goods and services.

Access Africa

Access Africa is a collaboration between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and U.S. industry leaders to support the quality development of priority information and communication technology infrastructure and related services across Africa.

Small Business Training

The U.S. Small Business Administration offers online courses to help Americans start and run their own business, including how to write a business plan, finding investors, and more.

Virtual Export Promotion Services

The U.S. Commercial Service offers virtual services, including matchmaking, e-commerce, and due diligence support.

Country Guides

The Country Commercial Guides describe market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries.

Power Africa Toolbox

The Toolbox draws on the combined knowledge, programs, and funds of 12 U.S. Government agencies and 19 Development partners to unlock obstacles facing private sector power deals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Trade & Investment Hubs

The U.S. Agency for International Development's regional Hubs provide businesses and investors the support they need to grow, including business consulting, transaction facilitation, and more.

U.S. Commercial Service

The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. businesses export and grow internationally by offering companies the full range of expertise in international trade.

U.S. Small Business Development Centers

Centers provide U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses with consulting and training on business planning, marketing, international trade, and much more.

Minority Business Development Agency

MBDA promotes the growth of U.S. minority-owned businesses through public and private sector programs, policy, and research.

Access Africa

Access Africa is a collaboration between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and U.S. industry leaders to support the quality development of priority information and communication technology infrastructure and related services across Africa.

Export Finance Support

The U.S. Small Business Administration's export finance support programs provide lenders with up to a 90 percent guarantee on export loans.

Pilot Projects

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency tests U.S. equipment and technology in overseas settings to promote cutting-edge U.S. solutions and identify opportunities for scalability and replicability across Africa.

Training Grants

U.S. firms may face a competitive disadvantage from foreign competitors offering incentives that exceed tender requirements. U.S. companies may request that the U.S. Trade and Development Agency help level the playing field with a training grant to fund the cost of beneficial training for the project sponsor.

Project Preparation Assistance

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency funds feasibility studies, technical assistance, and the comprehensive analyses that infrastructure projects need to move from concept to financing and implementation.

Advocacy

The Advocacy Center at the U.S. Department of Commerce helps U.S. companies navigate the decision-making processes of foreign governments, making it possible for them to win foreign government contracts.

Credit Insurance

The U.S. Export-Import Bank insures against nonpayment by international buyers. It covers both commercial risks and certain political risks.

Direct Loans

The U.S. Export-Import Bank provides direct loans to purchasers of U.S. capital equipment and ancillary services.

Loan Guarantees

U.S. Export-Import Bank lender loan guarantees help U.S. exporters secure competitive financing for their international buyers.

Working Capital Guarantees

The U.S. Export-Import Bank Working Capital Guarantee Program facilitates loans from commercial lenders to creditworthy U.S. businesses that export over the term of the loan.

Virtual Export Promotion Services

The U.S. Commercial Service offers virtual services, including matchmaking, e-commerce, and due diligence support.

Power Africa Toolbox

The Toolbox draws on the combined knowledge, programs, and funds of 12 U.S. Government agencies and 19 Development partners to unlock obstacles facing private sector power deals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Trade & Investment Hubs

The U.S. Agency for International Development's regional Hubs provide businesses and investors the support they need to grow, including business consulting, transaction facilitation, and more.

U.S. Commercial Service

The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. businesses export and grow internationally by offering companies the full range of expertise in international trade.

U.S. Small Business Development Centers

Centers provide U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses with consulting and training on business planning, marketing, international trade, and much more.

Minority Business Development Agency

MBDA promotes the growth of U.S. minority-owned businesses through public and private sector programs, policy, and research.

Access Africa

Access Africa is a collaboration between the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and U.S. industry leaders to support the quality development of priority information and communication technology infrastructure and related services across Africa.

Pilot Projects

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency tests U.S. equipment and technology in overseas settings to promote cutting-edge U.S. solutions and identify opportunities for scalability and replicability across Africa.

Project Preparation Assistance

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency funds feasibility studies, technical assistance, and the comprehensive analyses that infrastructure projects need to move from concept to financing and implementation.

Direct Loans

The U.S. Export-Import Bank provides direct loans to purchasers of U.S. capital equipment and ancillary services.

Loan Guarantees

U.S. Export-Import Bank lender loan guarantees help U.S. exporters secure competitive financing for their international buyers.

Working Capital Guarantees

The U.S. Export-Import Bank Working Capital Guarantee Program facilitates loans from commercial lenders to creditworthy U.S. businesses that export over the term of the loan.

Power Africa Toolbox

The Toolbox draws on the combined knowledge, programs, and funds of 12 U.S. Government agencies and 19 Development partners to unlock obstacles facing private sector power deals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Trade & Investment Hubs

The U.S. Agency for International Development's regional Hubs provide businesses and investors the support they need to grow, including business consulting, transaction facilitation, and more.

U.S. Commercial Service

The U.S. Commercial Service helps U.S. businesses export and grow internationally by offering companies the full range of expertise in international trade.

U.S. Small Business Development Centers

Centers provide U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses with consulting and training on business planning, marketing, international trade, and much more.

Minority Business Development Agency

MBDA promotes the growth of U.S. minority-owned businesses through public and private sector programs, policy, and research.

Loan Advances for Small Businesses

An economic injury disaster loan emergency advance from the U.S. Small Business Administration provides up to $10,000 of economic relief to U.S. small businesses that are currently experiencing temporary difficulties.

Power Africa Toolbox

The Toolbox draws on the combined knowledge, programs, and funds of 12 U.S. Government agencies and 19 Development partners to unlock obstacles facing private sector power deals in sub-Saharan Africa.