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May 18, 2021
Africa: AGOA's 21st Anniversary Today
21 years ago today, the landmark African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) became law, inaugurating a new era in US-Africa economic relations. I honor the pioneering Bipartisan… Read more »
April 24, 2017
Africa: 2017 Outlook and Opportunities: An Afternoon Reception and Discussion with Finance Ministers from Africa's Growth Economies
How can we make sure that Africa realizes its potential to be a key driver of global growth in what many economists fear is a period of protracted stagnation? That was a… Read more »
January 05, 2016
Africa: Nicole Reynolds Named New Managing Director of The Whitaker Group
We are pleased to announce that social entrepreneur, corporate strategist, and former investment banker Nicole Reynolds has joined the TWG team as our new Managing Director to… Read more »
July 22, 2015
Africa: Statement From Rosa M. Whitaker on Today's White House Agoa Ceremony
This evening I was honored to be among those joining President Barack Obama at the White House to celebrate the renewal of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act in strengthened… Read more »
April 01, 2014
Africa: American Leaders Pay Tribute To East Africa's Women Ambassadors
The Whitaker Group and The Africa Society of National Summit on Africa convened a gathering of US policy, business, and NGO leaders to celebrate East Africa’s current four… Read more »
July 03, 2013
Africa: U.S.-Africa Policy: We Can Do Better
I applaud President Obama on his long-awaited trip to Africa. He was correct when he told business leaders in Tanzania on Monday that together, the US and Africa have “an… Read more »
November 06, 2012
Africa: Bipartisan U.S. Trade Strategy Works for Africa
It's Election Day and we are still being bombarded as usual by diverging claims on how to consolidate and strengthen America as a global economic power. Read more »
August 03, 2012
Africa: AGOA Action Coalition and the Whitaker Group Applaud AGOA Third Country Fabric Renewal
The AGOA Action Coalition and the Whitaker Group applaud the United States Congress on today’s renewal of the Third Country Fabric provision of the African Growth and… Read more »
March 29, 2012
Africa: President Kagame, Business and Policy Leaders Pay Tribute to Oby Ezekwsili
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, CAMAC Energy Inc., and The Whitaker Group co-hosted a reception and Tribute for the Honorable … Read more »
March 07, 2012
Africa: Congressman Don Payne - A Trailblazer for Peace, Development and Justice in Africa
For those who work on Africa, and indeed for all those who live in the region, it is difficult to imagine a world without Donald Payne. Read more »
August 26, 2011
Africa: U.S. Congress Threatens to Kill Growth Despite Good Intentions
May 19, 2011
Africa: Non-Communicable Diseases - Addressing Africa's Next Challenge through Innovative Partnerships
Global Health Progress (GHP) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) hosted a luncheon discussion on the margins of the 64th World… Read more »
April 27, 2011
Africa: Africa's Silent Public Health Crisis
On Tuesday, April 12th senior health officials from seven African countries came together with representatives from the U.S. Government and the pharmaceutical industry to talk… Read more »
April 20, 2011
Africa: African Health Leaders Highlight On-the-Ground Experiences in Washington
Global Health Progress (GHP) hosted senior health officials from seven sub-Saharan African countries for its 4th Annual African Health Delegation, a week of meetings with key… Read more »
December 13, 2010
Africa: Rosa Whitaker Selected Among Foreign Policy Magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010"
Foreign Policy (FP) Magazine has selected Rosa Whitaker, President and CEO of The Whitaker Group (TWG) http://www.thewhitakergroup.us, as one of its "Top 100 Global Thinkers of… Read more »
August 25, 2010
Africa: Trade Talk - Don't Mischaracterize AGOA, It's Working!
I find it troubling that declaring Agoa's achievements a "disappointment" has gained currency in so many policy circles. It leverages a pernicious line of thinking, one that… Read more »
April 30, 2010
Africa: Agoa's Architects Unveil New Economic Policy for Obama Administration
Ten years after the enactment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a coalition of its original architects and supporters on Monday unveiled a comprehensive new trade… Read more »
March 09, 2010
Africa: Create Jobs and All Else Will Follow
Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's… Read more »
September 03, 2009
Africa: U.S. Africa Trade Law Works
In the aftermath of the annual AGOA Forum held last month in Nairobi, there has been a chorus of pessimists placing AGOA in the Hall of Shame of failed policy initiatives. … Read more »
August 11, 2009
Africa: Will Global Recession Damage U.S. Africa Trade Ties?
Writing after last week's United States-Africa trade forum in Nairobi, Paul Collier and Rosa Whitaker call on both the U.S. and African nations to craft a meaningful strategy to… Read more »
July 28, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - Obama in Ghana
In Ghana, President Obama made a strong, albeit not new, call for better governance in Africa. I was there and witnessed the extraordinary enthusiasm that met the president… Read more »
June 12, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - 'Not On My Watch'
As the Obama Administration develops its Africa and trade policies, it is critical that it resists pressure from some development advocates and members of Congress to support… Read more »
May 13, 2009
Africa: Trade Talk - President Obama's Emerging Policy
Slowly but surely, President Obama's Africa policy is beginning to take shape. In my twenty-five years of work on African economic issues, I've seen consecutive US… Read more »
April 28, 2009
Africa: African Health Leaders Visit the U.S. to Keep Regional Health Issues On the Advocacy and Policy Agenda
A delegation of senior health officials from 11 African countries and the African Union Commission were in Washington last week (April 17 – 25) to advocate for continued US… Read more »
February 28, 2009
Africa: Whitaker Group Honored on Capitol Hill
Group Celebrates 6th Anniversary Read more »
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