The single best thing that America and Europe can do for Africa is not to spoon out charity but to allow Americans and Europeans to buy the products that Africa is capable of producing competitively not just agricultural products but also labour-intensive manufactures such as textiles and leather work.

ECONOMIST: Emerging Africa

The shipping company hopes to increase its exports of coffee, grain, minerals, leather and textiles.

ECONOMIST: Shipping in east Africa

But chemicals, coke, refined petroleum and nuclear fuel exports dropped 6.7% between January and March, with textiles, fur and leather down 5.7% and engineering and allied industries dropping by 2.8%.

BBC: Whiskey

However, the textiles, fur and leather sector fell by 8.3%, and there was contraction in engineering and allied industries (-0.8%), chemicals, coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel (-3.2%) and metals and metal products (-0.4%).

BBC: Food and drink leads rise in Scottish exports