The mission of the U.S.-Africa Business Center is to build lasting prosperity for Africans and Americans through job creation and entrepreneurial spirit.
June 9, we’ll host a FB Live e-event, Danielle Walker and Eliot Pence take questions on Facebook Live about our “Pipeline to Power” report
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a show of further commitment to collaboration by the business communities in the United States and across Africa, today named Aliko Dangote, Africa’s most successful businessman, as the co-chair of its U.S.-Africa Business Center.
Dangote will serve alongside Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, as a leader for the U.S.-Africa Business Center Board of Directors.
We talk to participants about the impact of business back in Africa – and the lessons learned during their U.S. visit.
This report highlights the findings of a recent report on the Economic Outlook of East African Community and includes practical and achievable solutions that can help further develop trade and further develop infrastructure.
The economic relationship between the U.S. and East Africa has improved markedly, but the opportunity for more engagement exists.
The private sector must be the driving force in advancing the commercial relationship between the U.S. and Africa.
The Pipeline to Power report is a comprehensive look at the underutilization of the natural gas reserves in West Africa and policy recommendations to solve the energy problems in the region.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs Myron Brilliant will lead a U.S. Chamber delegation to West Africa this week for the first time since the launch of the U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) last December.
Brilliant, along with USAfBC President Scott Eisner, will visit Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria over seven days, meeting with leading private sector and government officials to discuss ways to promote bilateral trade, economic growth, and job creation.
Scott Eisner's testimony to the U.S. Trade Representative on January 28, 2016.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced the formation of the U.S.-Africa Business Center (USABC), launching efforts to lead the U.S. business community in a new period of unprecedented engagement with Africa’s regional economic communities, the established African private sector, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce partnered with the World Bank Group to unveil a study of more than 75 world economies, titled Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016, which found that most of the countries have at least one major deficiency in transparency, affecting the ability of private companies to do business with governments in bidding and executing public procurement contracts.
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