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Accepted Paper:
Exploring the challenges of NGOs working between development aid and trade interface: The case of Proudly Made in Africa of Ireland
David Nyaluke
(University College Dublin)
Paper short abstract:
This paper engages with the question: What are the key challenges facing NGOs facilitating Africa transition from development aid dependence to commodification?
Paper long abstract:
Established in 2008 and based in Dublin, Ireland, Proudly Made in Africa(PMIA) is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates and promotes ethical trading of African goods in Fashion, Textiles and Food acting as a trade facilitator between producers of African shelf-ready products and international retailers thus focusing on value added goods. This paper seeks to explore the history successes, failures and challenges that PMIA faces as organization at the interface between development and trade. The paper is largely exploratory aiming to answer some of the pertinent questions of NGOs engaging in contemporary commodification of Africa.