May 23, 2017
West Africa: CCA President and CEO Visits Ghana, Nigeria on West Africa Tour - Met Osinbajo, Kyerematen, Dangote, Ovia, Others
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) President and CEO, Ms. Florizelle Liser met with H.E. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Acting President, Federal Republic of Nigeria and other high level… Read more »
May 08, 2017
Mozambique: H.E. Filipe Nyusi to attend CCA's 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington
His Excellency Filipe Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, is confirmed to speak at the Corporate Council on Africa's (CCA) 11thBiennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit in… Read more »
May 01, 2017
Africa: 11th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington, D.C.
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will host its flagship Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit on June 13-16, 2017 in Washington, DC. The 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit will… Read more »
March 11, 2017
Africa: Remarks of Florie Liser at CCA Annual Members Meeting
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November 30, 2016
Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Appoints Florizelle Liser as New President and CEO
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), the leading U.S. business association focused on U.S.-Africa trade and investment, announced today that Florizelle (Florie) Liser, Assistant U.S.… Read more »
September 28, 2016
Kenya: CCA and Government of Kenya Formalize Partnership by Signing MoU
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives of the Republic of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 26, 2016 to… Read more »
September 23, 2016
Africa: CCA Wins Big at the 2016 AAI Awards Gala
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) was the big winner at the AAI 2016 Awards Gala on Tuesday, September 20 in New York. CCA President and CEO, Stephen Hayes received the AAI 2016… Read more »
August 11, 2016
Africa: CCA President and CEO Named AAI 2016 U.S. Business Leader
Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) President and CEO, Stephen Hayes will be honored by the Africa-America Institute with the AAI 2016 U.S. Business Leader Award at the AAI 2016… Read more »
May 11, 2016
Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Elects New Chairman of the Board
Dr. Jeffrey L. Sturchio, President and CEO at Rabin Martin, a global health strategy consulting firm, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Corporate… Read more »
March 01, 2016
Africa: CCA President's Message on U.S.-Africa Summit
Many of you are aware that the Tenth Corporate Council on Africa Biennial Business Summit held last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was an enormous success. Officially, one thousand… Read more »
January 07, 2016
Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Acquires Nation's Premier Travel Organization for Africa
The nation’s oldest travel organization dedicated to U.S.-Africa tourism since 1975, and long considered the top global organization promoting tourism to Africa, will become… Read more »
January 06, 2016
Africa: Leading CEOs and African Heads of State to Attend U.S.-Africa Business Summit
Top Nigerian business leaders will participate in The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)'s U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on February 1-4, 2016. Confirmed… Read more »
December 17, 2015
Liberia: H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to attend CCA's 2016 U.S.-Africa Business Summit
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is honored to announce H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia will attend the 10th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business… Read more »
December 08, 2015
Africa: Prime Minister Hailemariam to Keynote CCA's U.S.-Africa Business Summit
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) announced today, December 8, 2015, that His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia… Read more »
November 25, 2015
Africa: The Next Chapter in the U.S.-Africa Trade Relationship
In 2000, the United States and the nations of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) came together to focus on expanding trade and investment, and their tool was the African Growth and… Read more »
Africa: So Many Projects, So Little Funding
2015 marks the first year that sub-Saharan Africa inaugurated its first light rail system in Addis Ababa. The rail will serve the commuters from the southern industrial zones to… Read more »
East Africa: Africa's Northern Corridor Project
Two years ago, in 2013, Kenyan President Kenyatta, Rwandan President Kagame, South Sudanese President Kiir, and Ugandan President Museveni met to discuss the ways in which to… Read more »
East Africa: The Great Lakes, Great Expectations
As the leader of a U.S. organization solely focused on fostering business opportunities in Africa, The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)’s President and CEO Stephen Hayes… Read more »
Kenya: UNGA Takeaways
For most who attend the UN General Assembly every September, the general debate (not really so, but a seemingly endless line of speeches, one by each member state of the United… Read more »
Africa: Steve's November President's Message
I was recently in Chicago on a panel with Gayle Smith, Director-designate for USAID and Dana Hyde, President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The panel was moderated by… Read more »
October 06, 2015
Africa: Mobile Tech and Rural African Women
Africa is the second most mobile-connected continent and is on track to hit one billion mobile subscriptions by 2015, according to Informa Telecoms. The impact of this technology… Read more »
August 25, 2015
Africa: The NBA Eyes Africa
The National Basketball Association, with its globally-known stars from past and present, has for some time now, been working hard to make itself a truly global organization,… Read more »
October 22, 2015
Africa: The Madness of Congress
A recent survey was sent to all CCA members. It had a remarkable rate of return at nearly 60 percent, indicating a strong interest in the future directions of CCA. One of the… Read more »
June 30, 2003
Africa: U.S. Africa Business Summit Concludes in Washington, DC
The fourth biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), was held June 24-27 in Washington, D.C. The Summit's theme was "Building… Read more »
July 08, 2015
Africa: Ten Great Reasons to Invest in Africa
More than anywhere else in the world, Africa has been discussed as the last emerging market in the world, the largest emerging market, the land of opportunity and any number of… Read more »