The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), being the cornerstone of U.S. and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) trade relations since 2000, was envisaged to tackle Africa’s trade and investment constraints. In a bid to accelerate economic growth, it offers additional duty-free and largely quota-free access to U.S. markets as a supplement to the General System of Preferences (GSP) - a total of 6,000+ products. At present, 38 SSA nations are AGOA-eligible of which 27 have eligibility for textile and apparel benefits, this sector holding the most promise for value added and structural transformation. With five years left to its expiration, there are concerns as to the extent to which AGOA’s aims of expanding African-U.S. trade, diversifying SSA exports and facilitating Africa’s integration into the global economy have been achieved.