South Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa's Engine of Growth

by Finn Holm-Olsen

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It has been a decade since the end of Apartheid in South Africa-10 years since Nelson Mandela was elected president on that historic day in 1994, when millions of South Africans went to the polls in the country's first multiracial, multiparty election. The new South Africa offers many opportunities for U.S. exporters, and the upcoming US-SACU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will open doors further. Read more.

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