US Trade and Investment with Africa

The White House published on 21 September 2016 a fact sheet titled "U.S.-Africa Cooperation on Trade and Investment Under the Obama Administration."

This document offers a good summary of U.S. programs and efforts to increase trade and investment with Africa. U.S. investment in Africa has increased impressively from a total of $37 billion in 2008 to $64 billion in 2015. Trade, on the other hand, has dropped sharply from $142 billion in 2008 to $52 billion in 2015. Most of the decline is accounted for as a result of reduced oil imports from Africa following fracking in the United States.

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Discusses Obama Visit to Africa

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discussed President Obama's visit to Africa on 9 July 2013 at the Center for Global Development in Washington.  He emphasized the new initiatives that resulted from the trip: Power Africa, Trade Africa and the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.

VOA Interview on Obama Visit to Africa

Voice of America's 30 minute Encounter radio program "Obama's Africa Reset" hosted by Carol Castiel on 12 July 2013 dealt with President Barack Obama's recent visit to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. I joined Christopher Fomunyoh, regional director for Central and West Africa at the National Democratic Institute, to discuss the significance and concrete results of the trip.