U.S. Spotlight on Africa as Leaders Convene in DC for Summit Africa
The gathering, which is making headlines, even in new outlets that pay Africa scant attention, will disrupt major traffic all week, especially near the Washington Convention Center where top-level session are taking place with both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris scheduled to take part. Biden will host African heads-of-state and government at a White House dinner Wednesady evening.
Pre-summit events on Monday include a Peace, Trade, and Youth seminar at George Washington University, a Civil Society Forum, African Human Rights Leaders Summit, the Semafor Africa Summit, a panel examining Just Energy Transitions at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. and 'Technology Driven Africa - Advancing the Digitalization Agenda,' hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa.
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