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Next week, I'll be moderating a discussion with Ambassador Troy Fitrell on the U.S. State Department's Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Africa and the planned U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Join us! 🗓️ May 29, 2025 🕑 2.00pm EDT 📍 In-person and live online carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/05…

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📢Reminder to RSVP for Carnegie Africa Program’s upcoming Fireside Chat on the U.S. Department of State's Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Africa. 💡Join Carnegie Africa director Zainab Usman and Amb. Troy Fitrell, senior bureau official at Bureau of African Affairs, as they discuss the

ICYMI: Carnegie Africa Program and Zainab Usman hosted a conversation with Amb. Troy Fitrell Bureau of African Affairs youtube.com/watch?v=rZiXn_… #Africa #diplomacy #trade #investment

“Our goals are not transactional; they are transformational.” Amb. Troy Fitrell, senior bureau official at Bureau of African Affairs, discussed key points of the U.S. State Department’s Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Africa in a fireside chat with Carnegie Africa Program director Zainab Usman.

ICYMI: The video replay of our Carnegie Africa Program Fireside Chat with Ambassador Troy Fitrell of Bureau of African Affairs on the U.S. Department of State's Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Africa youtube.com/live/rZiXn_FL8… via YouTube

ICYMI: Carnegie Africa Program director Zainab Usman hosted Amb. Troy Fitrell, senior bureau official at Bureau of African Affairs, for a fireside chat on the U.S. State Department’s Commercial Diplomacy Strategy in Africa. We're sharing some moments from their conversation below. © Leigh Vogel

In a new article, nonres scholar Kholofelo Kugler and junior fellow Tani Washington unpack the disparate tariff rates African countries are facing from the U.S., the varied African responses, and implications for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…

Nigeria is really piling on these oil-backed loans. With Afreximbank, and now with Aramco... | Exclusive: Nigeria's $5 billion oil-backed loan from Aramco delayed by oil price drop, say sources reuters.com/business/energ…

The World Bank will commit $1 billion in funding to revive the DRC's Inga project, potentially the world's biggest hydropower complex. The project forms part of the Mission 300 program, which aims to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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📹New Video Alert! 📹 In her latest video, Zainab Usman unpacks the May 2025 U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals agreement and what the agreement could mean for African countries. For more on the issues shaping the African continent, follow us here Carnegie Africa Program and on LinkedIn!

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Upcoming Event | July 8, 9am, Washington DC: Energy and policy experts discuss the future of advancing energy access, affordability, sustainability both domestically and globally. Wally Adeyemo, Jason Bordoff, Jon Elkind, Nancy Lee (Center for Global Development), Billy Pizer (Resources for the Future), Zainab Usman

BREAKING: DR Congo and Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of war aje.io/3n0wrv

President Trump welcomed the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Oval Office to sign a historic peace agreement, ending a 30-year conflict. "Today, the violence & destruction come to an end, & the entire region begins a new chapter of hope."

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Mali and Russia have signed a series of agreements aimed at expanding mutual trade and strengthening economic ties. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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