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Promoting
US investment
in Africa
Join our October 16 virtual conference convening African heads of state, major international investors, and US government trade and investment officials to discuss how US investors can help finance the next big boom for Africa through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Prosper Africa.
On Friday, October 16, the Atlantic Council and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) hosted a premier public forum: Investing in Africa’s Future. The first-of-its-kind event laid out the US administration’s all-of-government approach to Africa policy and underscored strong bipartisan support for the Prosper Africa Initiative’s expanded toolkit. Through a series of announcements and the launch of its historic $75 billion development strategy, the DFC used the conference platform to concretely “advance investments that strengthen economic growth, technology, energy independence, and infrastructure in Africa,” in the words of DFC CEO Adam Boehler. The Africa Center announced its own initiative to support these broader efforts, championing a novel coalition of African development finance institutions to forge a more authentic, optimistic narrative on Africa.
The conference brought together eminent US and African stakeholders across five sessions, featuring remarks from Senegalese President Macky Sall, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien, US government agency heads, and the CEOs of African development finance institutions, among many others. The Africa Center was pleased to report an Atlantic Council record number of event registrants, and we thank the nearly 40,000 people who viewed our event streams and used our event hashtag #InvestingInAfrica to create over 20 million impressions on Twitter. We invite you to watch the recordings of each session, linked below, and to follow the Africa Center for continued programming in support of African economic growth and prosperity.
Review the playlist of the conference
Session 1: Conversation with African presidents
A panel of heads of state spotlights African markets as priority destinations for investment.
FRI, OCT 16, 2020 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Session 2: Financing African development
African development finance institution CEOs discuss their organizations’ role in post-COVID recovery and growth.
FRI, OCT 16, 2020 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Session 3: Propelling Prosper Africa
Senior US officials discuss the status of the Prosper Africa Initiative and US-Africa commercial policy.
FRI, OCT 16, 2020 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Session 4: Advancing African women’s empowerment
Luminary women highlight the power of investing in African women.
FRI, OCT 16, 2020 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 5: Launching DFC’s development strategy
DFC executives outline the organization’s new development strategy, in conversation with relevant stakeholders.
FRI, OCT 16, 2020 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
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