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In 2019, Esther Boniface Masawe embarked on a mission to empower out-of-school youth in Mwanza, Tanzania, through handcraft, training, and mentoring. What started as a one-time income generation training activity quickly evolved into a transformative program – the Youth VDT Initiative. The initiative faced initial challenges in product selection due to limited availability of funds. […]
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The United States, through USAID, is providing more than $7 million in humanitarian assistance that will support tens of thousands of people in Malawi facing food insecurity and other urgent humanitarian needs as a result of El Niño. Today’s announcement brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance to Malawi to over $59 million since the beginning of […]
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Adequate electricity supply remains a persistent challenge for households and businesses across Nigeria, where only 55% of the population has access to electricity, and the grid can only supply an average of 4000MW to nearly 200 million people. This lack of consistent access imposes significant economic and social costs, as Nigerians often resort to using […]
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The United States, through USAID, is providing nearly $176 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin regions of West Africa in response to deteriorating security conditions and increasing humanitarian needs in communities cut off from assistance due to conflict. This additional funding from USAID – which includes funds from the […]
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Situated in Goma-Nord-Kivu, DRC, SATEC (Sapientia Technologies and Engineering Company), a Congolese manufacturer led by a group of young entrepreneurs, is transforming the local food economy—one incubator at a time. The poultry industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has long faced insecurity and heavy reliance on international imports. Alarming statistics reveal that over 90% […]
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The United States Mission in Morocco and the U.S. government’s Prosper Africa initiative convened a two-day U.S.-Morocco Venture Capital Forum in Marrakech on May 27-28 to deepen U.S.-Morocco commercial ties and increase investment in the region. The Venture Capital Forum took place ahead of GITEX Africa 2024, Africa’s Biggest Tech & Startup show, and brought […]
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A recent series of engagements between the United States and Nigeria highlights the value of partnership between the world’s two most populous presidential democracies. Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell and Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf M. Tuggar have made progress on implementing mutual economic, governance, and security priorities through the April 29-30 U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission in Abuja, the […]
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From May 28-31, the U.S. Department of State will participate in GITEX Africa in Morocco, the largest convention for emerging technology in the region. As one of many U.S. Department of State private sector development initiatives on the African continent, the Coalition for Climate Entrepreneurship (CCE) partnership will participate in GITEX Africa to highlight the […]
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Marking 60 years of U.S. – Kenya diplomatic ties, Kenya’s President William Ruto, U.S. Ambassador Meg Whitman, and Prosper Africa Coordinator British A. Robinson will hold a private sector business event in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, May 21. The event will highlight the future of catalytic trade and investment opportunities across Kenya. “The vibrant City […]
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By Maxwell Okello, CEO, American Chamber of Commerce, Kenya (AmCham Kenya) The recent fourth edition of the American Chamber of Commerce Kenya (AmCham) Business Summit provided a timely backdrop as Kenya’s President William Ruto gears up for his upcoming State Visit to the United States on May 23, 2024. Scheduled amidst a significant absence of […]
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