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Africa: Ross Outlines Trump's Commercial Policy Toward Africa
allAfrica, 27 June 2017
Last week in a speech to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross signaled that there would be continuity in… Read more »
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Africa: Changing Perceptions on Display at U.S.-Africa Business Summit in DC
allAfrica, 26 June 2017
"We must change the lenses with which we look at Africa from the traditional development mindset to an investment mindset," Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development… Read more »
'Investment Mindset' Key to Boosting U.S.-Africa Business Ties
Tackling misperceptions about Africa was a hot topic at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit this month in Washington, DC. More than 800 private sector and government leaders heard the first Africa policy speech from a senior Trump team member - Commercie Secretary Wilbur Ross - and discussed a range of topics during three days of panels and plenaries.
CCA president and CEO, Florizelle Liser and H.E. Marcel de Souza, President of ECOWAS sign a MoU
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) president Akin Adesina with the president of Mozambique H.E Filipe Nyusi during the welcome and opening plenary at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, Wednesday, June 13th in Washington, DC
Honorable Wilbur Ross, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce delivers a speech to open the presidents' plenary at the 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington, DC
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The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) flagship Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit was held this week (June 13-16) in Washington, DC. The 2017 U.S.-Africa Business Summit offered ... Read more »
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Mozambican is poised for rapid growth, President Filipe Nyusi said in a retrospective overvoew of his U.S. visit last month. Nyusi, in the only head-of-state address to the ... Read more »
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Rwanda has defiantly said it will proceed with the planned phase-out of importation of second-hand clothes despite the threats that it could lead to a review of eligibility to ... Read more »
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Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda risk losing access to the American market through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) following plans by the East African member states to ban ... Read more »
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The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) convened more than 800 government and business leaders for its 11th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit hosted in Washington DC from June ... Read more »
