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 »

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 »

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: 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 »

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 »

South Africa: In Memory of Nelson Mandela

He was a native son of South Africa, but that nation will surely pardon the rest of the world for claiming Nelson Mandela as one of our own as well. President Mandela was the… 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: 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 »

Nigeria: Boko Haram - A Nigerian Problem with a Nigerian Solution

West Africa is at a crossroads.   As terrorists lay siege to embassies in the North of the continent, the “summer of siege” in West Africa has brought about at… Read more »

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 »

Malawi: Global Stakeholders Support Malawi On President Banda's Historic U.S. Visit

President Joyce Banda, Southern Africa's first female head of state, concluded a successful five day trip to Washington last week, her first trip as the country's head of state. Read more »

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 »

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 »

Uganda: Deployment of U.S. Troops to Help Fight LRA - A Just Cause!

President Obama's decision to deploy a small cadre of US troops to help Ugandan forces track down and destroy the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a step in the right direction. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Congress Threatens to Kill Growth Despite Good Intentions

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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: 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 »

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: 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 »

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 »

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 »