Championing Economic Growth in West Africa

Collaborations between private sector companies and the Trade Hub—through USAID-funded co-investment partnerships—has resulted in locally-led initiatives being implemented in 16 countries; initiatives that are improving food security, boosting employment among women and youth, building resilience to climate change, fostering agribusiness competitiveness and productivity; and boosting international and regional exports.

Since the Trade Hub was launched in 2019, the Activity has successfully used a unique blended finance approach to catalyze 93 private-sector investments across West Africa with funding from 9 different sources and has successfully unlocked $319.6 million in new private investments and created over 60,000 new jobs in the region to date.