Supporting better free trade agreements with Africa
Let there be economic equity on the global market !
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Globally Interconnected is a 2023-registered consulting firm invested in building capacity to inform and support policymakers, nonprofit organizations, and business stakeholders on free trade agreements that optimize African countries’ international trade profitability with the rest of the world.
Globally Interconnected recognizes the economic and diplomatic tool that international trade represents in the development of nations. Thus, the organization welcomes the opportunity to create or participate in various engagements aimed at fairly posturing African nations as equal and valuable trade partners on the global market for mutually beneficial economic gains.
DR. DIVINE ARPELLET, DBA,MA,PMP
Chief Economist
Dr. Divine N. Arpellet, DBA, PMP is the founder and Chief Economist of Globally Interconnected. Adjunct professor in Economics, Dr Arpellet also teaches macroeconomics, microeconomics, and US economy at the college level. She has 15 years of finance leadership in US multinational corporations such as Thomson Reuters, Target Corporation, United Health Group, Ceridian, and Accenture.
Dr. Arpellet is proud to be both a Minnesotan and a national of ECOWAS by way of its country member – the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer of cocoa. Thus, she aims to promote economic opportunities that are mutually beneficial to the US and Africa.
31.9% vs. 91.2%
US vs EU FTA preference utilization for AGOA countries. (Davies and Nilsson, 2020)
$282 vs $67.53,
(in billion)
9.9% Africa’s GDP vs 2.4% Africa’s GDP US vs China trade volume with Africa, 2023
