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Student Essay: Communicating about West Africa

By Sarah Mills
Class of 2007

As a Communications and Outreach intern at the West Africa Trade Hub, my main aim is to publicize the activities of WATH/Accra to a global audience through print and web-based media.

I research and write stories on business trends and profiles for the monthly e-newsletter which goes out in three languages: English, French and Portuguese.

I am constantly editing and organizing the photo database as it helps with my duty of improving the look and content of WATH/Accra’s website. I also do interviews with entrepreneurs and update mailing lists in an electronic database

Working here is great! I learn something new everyday and I find myself thinking about Africa in a more passionate way.

To read a story I wrote on an Apparel workshop conducted by WATH/Accra last month click here. 

The West Africa Trade hub is a USAID funded project opened in January 2003. WATH builds trade capacity in the region so that governments and the private sector can increase their trade with the rest of the world through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

WATH has generated over US $1.8 million in exports, with US $ 4.8 million in pending orders.

It has prepared 100+ West African organizations to market their products and sponsored participation in trade missions to the US.

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