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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »