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Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program

U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program, Part 6

https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?320904-4/usafrica-leaders-summit-spousal-program-part-6 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program, Part 6 Panelists discussed empowering African women and girls to participate in economic growth and promoting healthy lives through technology and job training. An African agriculture scientist focused on how women and girls wee crucial to tackling the issue of food insecurity. Then speakers detailed their companies’ development projects. …

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Expanding African Trade: Creating a Comparative Advantage and Strengthening Regional Partnerships

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that was concluded on October 5, 2015. Comprising 12 countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Chile, TPP countries represent 40 percent of global GDP, 25 percent of global exports, and 30 percent of global imports. The U.S. is also negotiating with the European Union …

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Capitalizing on Urbanization: The Importance of Planning, Infrastructure, and Finance for Africa’s Growing Cities

Development in African cities today is not in the megacities of Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo, but in intermediate cities  that are directly linked with their surrounding environment. In the coming decades, migration toward African and Asian cities will account for 90 percent of population movements. Accordingly, African cities are now being forced to anticipate the …

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