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The 2022 US-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 is an invaluable opportunity for the revival of US-Africa relations. This second summit, after 8 years of neglect, paves the way for a constant communication between the two actors, fostering mutual collaboration; one where Africa is not just a taker, but a giver too. A lot of initiatives have […]

Africa needs the US. And the US needs Africa. For both countries to thrive from this relationship, the relationship must be balanced. Leaders within Africa though need to take ownership and responsibility. Before expecting cooperation from other actors, Africa must first clean its own house. What is leadership in Africa? What is Africa’s own definition […]

To understand today’s shifting geopolitical landscape, one must first take a step back and look at Africa’s history in the past century. One must consider, firstly, that most African countries achieved their independence only around the 1960’s. Before that, Africa per se did not exist on the international scene. Whilst old colonial powers were keen […]

Celebrated Judge Albie Sachs is a retired South African activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa. After twice being detained in South Africa for his anti-apartheid activities in the movement led by the African National Congress, in 1966 he went into […]

Ebrahim Rasool is a South African politician and diplomat who served as the South African Ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2015. He is a Member of the National Assembly and former Premier of the Western Cape. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the coveted London Financial Times […]

Why Invest in South Africa in 2022. The country has a well-developed infrastructure and world-class financial sector to support business activities, and is one of the highest ranking African countries on the ‘ease of doing business’ index. It is the primary signatory to the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement act, and the ‘soft-landing’ for new […]

Joseph N. Sany is the Vice President of the newly established Africa Center. For the past 20 years, Joseph has been working on peacebuilding with civil society, governments, businesses and international organizations in Africa. Prior to joining USIP, Joseph provided technical leadership in the design an implementation of multi-year, multi-million-dollar peacebuilding and civil society development […]

Florie Liser is the President and CEO of Corporate Council on Africa and is the first woman to lead the Council since 1993. Before Presiding CCA, she was the Assistant US Trade Representative for Africa where she led trade and investment policy towards 49 sub-Saharan African countries and oversaw the implementation of the African Growth […]

Ambassador David Shinn is a Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Ambassador Shinn is an American Diplomat who has served for 37 years in the United States Foreign Service with assignments in Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon, and Sudan and was a former Ambassador to Burkina Faso […]

Africa Means Business – Season 6, Episode 13 – Africa Business News. Diversity is common practice with entrepreneurs taking advantage of opportunities.