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  The Biden-Harris Administration  plans to invest at least $55 billion in  Africa  over the next three years, working closely with Congress .   President Biden meets with African leaders at Africa-US Leaders' Summit in Washington, D.C. The administration is dedicated to following through on these commitments and are establishing a new   Special Presidential Representative for U.S.- Africa  Leaders Summit Implementation  to coordinate these efforts.  President Biden announced his intent to name for this role Ambassador Johnnie Carson, former Assistant Secretary of State for   African   Affairs and Ambassador to Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.  ADVERTISEMENT CMB BUSINESS SOLUTIONS New investments and policy initiatives highlighted at the Summit included: People-to-People Ties Establishment of a New Diaspora Council :  The President issued an  executive order  (EO) directing the Secretary of State to establish t...

  December 23, 2022   TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS UNDER THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES   - - - - - - -   BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   A PROCLAMATION        1.  In Proclamation 7853 of December 10, 2004, the President designated Burkina Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "Trade Act"), as added by section 111(a) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (the "AGOA") (title I of Public Law 106-200, 114 Stat. 251, 257-58 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1))).      2.  Section 506A(a)(3) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)) provides that the President shall terminate the designation of a country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for purposes of section 506A if the President determines that the country is not making continual progress in meeting the requirements d...

 In remarks to the people of Africa while in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, President Obama told throngs of assembled listeners at Mandela Hall (African Union Headquarters) that Africa helped shape him and how he sees the world. "I stand before you as a proud American.  I also stand before you as the son of an African. Africa and its people helped to shape America and allowed it to become the great nation that it is.  And Africa and its people have helped shape who I am and how I see the world", he said. He said that in the villages of Kenya where his father was born he learned of his ancestors, and the bonds of family that connect us all as Africans and Americans.  He went on to say that he wanted his two daughters to know their ancestors were both slaves and slave owners. The full transcript, below, has been made available by the White House. The president finished his four-day African visit on Tuesday and is expected to return to Washington later the sam...