7th FEEEDS-Gallup Africa Forum Provides Closer Look @ Future of US-Africa Trade Relationship

"With Regional Trade, FTA’s & SMEs Playing Key Roles" 

1st Appearing in allAfrica.com: https://allafrica.com/stories/202007230908.html

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Amb. Sanders-GALLUP INVITE: Constance Hamilton, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, USTR - Keynote on "Today’s US-Africa Trade Relationship"

INVITE: FEEEDS-Gallup World Poll - July 23, 2020, 10:30am-12pm EDT

Constance Hamilton, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa-Keynotes on “Today’s US-Africa Trade Relationship," (AfCTA, Kenya Talks, AGOA, SMEs). And, Gallup's Africa Regional Director, Magali Rheault, discusses data on Africa SMEs. Date: July 23, 2020 Times: 1030am-12pm (EDT); 330pm-5:00pm (BST); 3:30pm-5pm (WAT); 5:30pm-7pm (EAT); 4:30pm-6pm (SAST); 8pm-9:30pm (New Delhi). REGISTER BELOW (see press announcement:  https://allafrica.com/stories/202007150002.html)

 

SAVE THE DATE – Virtual Event! The 7th Annual FEEEDS-GALLUP Africa Forum With Event Partners  allAfrica.com, IDI & ACBC “Update on Today's US-Africa Trade Relationship: AfCTA, US-Kenya Talks , AGOA & Role Small Business” KEYNOTE SPEAKER Ms. Constance Hamilton  Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative FEATURED SPEAKER Magali Rheault Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Director, Gallup World Poll Program Date: 1030am-12pm (EDT), July 23, 2020 Time Zones: 1030am-12pm (EDT); 330pm-5:00pm (BST); 3:30pm-5pm (WAT); 5:30pm-7pm (EAT); 4:30pm-6pm (SAST); 8pm-9:30pm (New Delhi)  Co-Hosts  Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, CEO-FEEEDS (M.C.) Jon Clifton, Global Managing Partner, Gallup World Poll (Welcome) Greetings from Event Partners Parashu Nepal, International Development Institute, Founder/MD Stanley Straughter, African Caribbean Business Council, Chairman Annual Forum’s Objective: Highlight Africa topics with dialogue & data              Click Here to REGISTER! See above hyperlinks for bios & websites A FEEEDS Blogspot

Amb. Sanders' Comments on Key Role of White House NCS Senior Africa Position

Also see: Allafrica.com compendium article on same issue, which includes a Sanders quote: http://allafrica.com/stories/201702120101.html

Overall there has not been much news on President Trump’s Africa policy and all of us who are Africa hands, who care about the Continent, and who  have worked on Sub Saharan Africa issues over the years have for the most part been pleased that the region in recent years has been a policy area of important bipartisanship, especially legislatively on things like AGOA, and better partnership engagement in a range of areas from business to development - all expanding and extending with signature programs like PREPFAR (HIVAIDS) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in earnest under President George W. Bush, with President Clinton in his second term opening the door with his six-nation tour of the region in 1998.

Right now, the US is losing out big time in the region to China on all fronts, particularly as Africa becomes the largest market for goods and services (hello US Rust Belt!) and business opportunities on top of becoming home to the world’s largest working age population.  Thus, whoever ends up leading the Africa Directorate at the National Security Council (NSC), where I served as a Director, as well as have many other esteemed Africa experts, will need to know the region well not only politically and economically, but be more than mindful of how important the role of culture, mutual understanding and respect are in building the right kind of relationship with the region, its leaders, its business community, and its burgeoning young population - in addition to realizing and taking advantage of the enormous business potential of Sub Saharan Africa. We would be making a mistake and losing out even more to China in the region if we boil our engagement down to harking back to the 1960s and Cold War days of seeing Africa solely through a military lens. Make no mistake, however, that Africa will also be a good partner on the fight against terrorism, but that should not become the only center of our relationship with this dynamic and important region of 1.1 billion people. Thus, whoever is appointed the new NSC Senior Africa director should have the qualifications, experience and breadth of regional knowledge on top of the leadership role within the U.S. Government interagency process to ensure that all of these fundamental policy areas - business, development, particularly in power, energy, education, and health, and security - continue to shape our relationship with the region. The talent of Republicans who have these skills sets, knowledge, and expertise about Africa are many and all of us who work on Africa, as well as Africans in the region, would like to see one of them in this critical position.

Amb. Sanders Discuss Issues for the African Union on CCTV

Dr. Sanders on China's CCTV discussing the June 2015 African Union (AU) Summit and issues facing the Continent important for the Summit to address. She highlights that the AU needs to be able to better translate their resolutions on the ground, and also have a more flexible, quick reaction to both new and ongoing crises, and also add more focus to the African migrant issue. Click the link to listen to her comments on CCTV's "The Heat," news magazine show  http://www.cctv-america.com/livenews


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