US-Africa Relations

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    Bush Administration

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa)

  • AGOA Legislation Approved

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria)

  • US Visits Africa (Mali, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda) - Powell

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa)

  • Africa Visits US (Mali, Ghana, Senegal)

  • Africa Education Initiative

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria) - Obasanjo & Bush

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa) - Mbeki & Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Mozambique, Angola, Botswana)

  • Africa Visits US (Uganda)

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria) - Obasanjo & Bush

  • Initiative to End Hunger in Africa

  • US Visits Africa (South Africa, Angola, Gabon, Cape Verde) - Powell

  • Africa Visits US (DRC, Rwanda, South Africa) - Bush

  • AGOA Forum (Washington)

  • Camp Lemonnier formed in Djibouti

  • Africa Visits US (Kenya, Ethiopia)

  • AGOA Forum (Mauritius)

  • PEPFAR Launched

  • US Visits Africa (Senegal, South Africa, Bostwana, Uganda, Nigeria) - Powell, Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Rwanda)

  • Sanctions Against Zimbabwe

  • Africa Visits US (Cameroon)

  • Africa Visits US (Uganda)

  • Africa Visits US (Swaziland, The Gambia, Cameroon, Mauritius, Uganda, DRC) - Bush, US-Africa Business Summit

  • US Visits Africa (Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Nigeria) - Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Ghana, Mozambique) - Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Kenya) - Kibaki & Bush

  • US Visits Africa (Sudan) - Powell

  • Africa Visits US (DRC)

  • AGOA Forum

  • Millennium Challenge Corporation Founded

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia)

  • Africa Visits US (Angola)

  • Africa Visits US (Gabon)

  • G8 Meeting With African Leaders

  • Africa Visits US (Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa) - Met with Bush at G8 Summit

  • Sanctions Against Liberia/Charles Taylor

  • AGOA Extended to 2015

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria)

  • Africa Visits US (Senegal)

  • US Visits Africa (Kenya) - Powell - Sudan Peace Agreement

  • Africa Visits US (Rwanda)

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria)

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa)

  • Africa Visits US (Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger)

  • AGOA Forum (Senegal)

  • US-SSA Trade and Economic Cooperation (Senegal) - Rice

  • US Visits Africa (Sudan) - Rice

  • President's Malaria Initiative

  • Africa Visits US (Ghana)

  • Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Update

  • US Visits Africa (Liberia) - Rice, Inauguration

  • Sanctions Against Cote d'Ivoire

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia) - Addresses Congress

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria)

  • Africa Visits US (Ghana)

  • Sanctions Against Persons in Sudan's Darfur Region

  • Africa Visits US (Rwanda & DRC)

  • AGOA Forum (Washington)

  • Africa Visits US (Tanzania) - Kikwete & Bush

  • Sanctions Against Government of Sudan

  • Sanctions Against Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • AFRICOM Created

  • AGOA Forum (Ghana)

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia)

  • Africa Visits US (DRC)

  • Africa Visits US (Uganda)

  • US Visits Africa (Ethiopia) - Rice

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa)

  • Africa Visits US (Benin) - Attends White House Summit on Malaria

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria)

  • Africa Visits US (Mali)

  • Bush Trip to Africa (Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Tanzania)

  • US Visits Africa (Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Liberia) - Bush & Rice

  • AGOA Forum (Washington)

  • Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Update

  • Africa Visits US (Tanzania)

  • Africa Visits US (Ghana) - Kufuor & Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Uganda, Tanzania) - Musaveni, Kikwete, Bush

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia)

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    Obama Administration

  • Africa Visits US (Tanzania)

  • Africa Visits US (Zimbabwe)

  • AGOA Forum (Kenya)

  • US Visits Africa (Kenya, South Africa, Angola, DRC, Nigeria, LIberia, Cape Verde) - Clinton

  • South Africa Visits US (South Africa) - Attended G20 Summit

  • Africa Visits US (Botswana)

  • AGOA Forum (Washington DC)

  • Africa Visits US (South Africa, Nigeria) - Attended Nuclear Security Summit

  • Sanctions Against Somalia

  • US-African Union Bilateral Talks

  • US 6 Year Strategy to Combat Malaria

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia)

  • Feed the Future Initiative

  • Diplomacy Conference on Sub-Saharan Africa (DC)

  • Apps4Africa Competition

  • African Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) Launched

  • AGOA Forum (Kansas City, MO, US)

  • Young African Leaders Forum

  • Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

  • 100 Women Initiative

  • Africa Visits US (Nigeria, Gabon)

  • AGOA Forum (Zambia)

  • US Visits Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia) - Clinton

  • First Lady's Young African Women Leaders Forum

  • Africa Visits US (Niger, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin)

  • South Sudan Visit to US (Mayardit & Obama)

  • US Visits Africa (Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Cape Verde) - Clinton

  • Africa Visits US (Liberia)

  • Ghana Visits US (Mills)

  • TechWomen Expands to Africa

  • AGOA Forum (US)

  • US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa

  • US Visits Africa (South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, NIgeria, Ghana, Benin) - Clinton

  • Young African Leaders Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership

  • Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, Cape Verde Attend African Leaders Summit (US)

  • US Visits African Union Summit (Kerry)

  • Obama Visits Senegal, South Africa & Tanzania

  • YALI Town Hall, South Africa (Obama)

  • Power Africa Launched

  • AGOA Forum (Ethiopia)

  • Nigeria Visits US (Jonathan & Obama)

  • US Visit to South Africa (Obama)

  • Sanctions Against South Sudan

  • Sanctions Against Central African Republic

  • AGOA Forum (US)

  • US-Africa Business Forum

  • Executive Order to Create President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa

  • Ex-Im Bank Pledges Up To $3 Billion Financing for US Exports to Africa

  • Ex-Im Bank & Angola Sign Memo of Understanding for Exports

  • Future Planned Roundtables in Africa on Mobilizing Private Capita for Africa's Infrastructure (Interagency)

  • 20 x 20 Initiative (20 Trade and Reverse Trade Missions by 2020)

  • Ex-Im Bank $563 M For Sale of GE Locomotives to Transnet, South Africa

  • MCC Commits Up to $2 B for Private Sector-Led Economic Growth

  • MCC Pledges 8 Procurement Promotion Sessions and 5 Trade & Investment Prospectuses

  • USTR and ECOWAS Sign Trade & Investment Framework Agreement

  • Dept Energy Pledges to Connect Africans to Clean Energy Solutions Center

  • Dept Transportation Pledges $1 M to Safe Skies for Africa

  • OPIC Pledges Up to $1 B Financing & Insurance; Personnel in SSA

  • Tomorrow's Transportation Leaders Initiative Launched

  • USTDA, DOE and DOT Host 2 African Leaders Visits with USALS

  • USAID Pledges to Roll Out Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture (BBA)

  • USTDA Pledges to Partner with Air Traffic & Navigation Services South Africa

  • USAID Pledges to Upgrade US-African Trade Hubs

  • USTDA Plans to Have Local Representation in Nigeria

  • USAID Pledges to Launch Africa Private Capital Group for South Africa

  • USAID Pledges $381 M New Private Sector Lending in Africa

  • National Institute of Standards & Technology Plans to Target 25 African Metro Areas Through Global City Teams Program

  • Dept Commerce Launches One-Stop-Shop Website on African Markets

  • Dept Commerce Plans to Double Presence in SSA

  • Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Hosts US-Africa Investors Forum

  • State Dept Plans Medical Technology Trade Mission to Africa

  • State Dept Plans to Commit $10 M To Expansion of US-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative

  • Future Planned 50 DBIA Campaign Activities Over 2 Years

  • USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation Up to $1 B Financing Guarantees for Agricultural Exports to Africa

  • US Response to Ebola Epidemic Fact Sheet

  • Commerce Dept Hosts Discover Sub-Saharan Africa Conference Atlanta

  • Emergency Funding Request for US Response to Ebola

  • US-East African Community Cooperation Agreement

  • MCC First Trade and Investment Mission to Africa

  • Dept Transportation Trade Mission to Africa

  • Export-Import Bank Authority Lapse

  • AGOA Reauthorized for 10 Years

  • Obama Visits Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia)

  • US Announces Global Health Security Agenda, $1 Billion

  • Trade Winds Conference & Trade Mission