US-Africa Relations By vleonvleon Period: May 1, 2000 to Jan 19, 2009 Bush Administration May 22, 2000 Africa Visits US (South Africa) May 29, 2000 AGOA Legislation Approved May 10, 2001 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) May 23, 2001 US Visits Africa (Mali, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda) - Powell Jun 25, 2001 Africa Visits US (South Africa) Jun 26, 2001 Africa Visits US (Mali, Ghana, Senegal) Jul 29, 2001 Africa Education Initiative Nov 2, 2001 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) - Obasanjo & Bush Nov 11, 2001 Africa Visits US (South Africa) - Mbeki & Bush Feb 22, 2002 Africa Visits US (Mozambique, Angola, Botswana) May 5, 2002 Africa Visits US (Uganda) Jun 20, 2002 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) - Obasanjo & Bush Aug 29, 2002 Initiative to End Hunger in Africa Sep 3, 2002 US Visits Africa (South Africa, Angola, Gabon, Cape Verde) - Powell Sep 13, 2002 Africa Visits US (DRC, Rwanda, South Africa) - Bush Oct 1, 2002 AGOA Forum (Washington) Nov 29, 2002 Camp Lemonnier formed in Djibouti Dec 4, 2002 Africa Visits US (Kenya, Ethiopia) Jan 13, 2003 AGOA Forum (Mauritius) Jan 28, 2003 PEPFAR Launched Feb 23, 2003 US Visits Africa (Senegal, South Africa, Bostwana, Uganda, Nigeria) - Powell, Bush Mar 3, 2003 Africa Visits US (Rwanda) Mar 7, 2003 Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Mar 20, 2003 Africa Visits US (Cameroon) Jun 9, 2003 Africa Visits US (Uganda) Jun 21, 2003 Africa Visits US (Swaziland, The Gambia, Cameroon, Mauritius, Uganda, DRC) - Bush, US-Africa Business Summit Jul 8, 2003 US Visits Africa (Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Uganda, Nigeria) - Bush Sep 24, 2003 Africa Visits US (Ghana, Mozambique) - Bush Oct 5, 2003 Africa Visits US (Kenya) - Kibaki & Bush Oct 21, 2003 US Visits Africa (Sudan) - Powell Nov 2, 2003 Africa Visits US (DRC) Jan 1, 2004 AGOA Forum Jan 23, 2004 Millennium Challenge Corporation Founded Feb 9, 2004 Africa Visits US (Liberia) May 11, 2004 Africa Visits US (Angola) May 26, 2004 Africa Visits US (Gabon) Jun 8, 2004 G8 Meeting With African Leaders Jun 9, 2004 Africa Visits US (Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa) - Met with Bush at G8 Summit Jul 23, 2004 Sanctions Against Liberia/Charles Taylor Jul 29, 2004 AGOA Extended to 2015 Dec 2, 2004 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) Dec 5, 2004 Africa Visits US (Senegal) Jan 7, 2005 US Visits Africa (Kenya) - Powell - Sudan Peace Agreement Apr 15, 2005 Africa Visits US (Rwanda) May 5, 2005 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) Jun 1, 2005 Africa Visits US (South Africa) Jun 12, 2005 Africa Visits US (Botswana, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger) Jul 18, 2005 AGOA Forum (Senegal) Jul 19, 2005 US-SSA Trade and Economic Cooperation (Senegal) - Rice Jul 19, 2005 US Visits Africa (Sudan) - Rice Sep 29, 2005 President's Malaria Initiative Oct 26, 2005 Africa Visits US (Ghana) Nov 23, 2005 Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Update Jan 16, 2006 US Visits Africa (Liberia) - Rice, Inauguration Feb 7, 2006 Sanctions Against Cote d'Ivoire Mar 15, 2006 Africa Visits US (Liberia) - Addresses Congress Mar 28, 2006 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) Apr 11, 2006 Africa Visits US (Ghana) Apr 27, 2006 Sanctions Against Persons in Sudan's Darfur Region Jun 4, 2006 Africa Visits US (Rwanda & DRC) Jun 6, 2006 AGOA Forum (Washington) Sep 18, 2006 Africa Visits US (Tanzania) - Kikwete & Bush Oct 13, 2006 Sanctions Against Government of Sudan Oct 30, 2006 Sanctions Against Democratic Republic of the Congo Feb 6, 2007 AFRICOM Created Jul 20, 2007 AGOA Forum (Ghana) Oct 17, 2007 Africa Visits US (Liberia) Oct 24, 2007 Africa Visits US (DRC) Oct 29, 2007 Africa Visits US (Uganda) Dec 5, 2007 US Visits Africa (Ethiopia) - Rice Dec 7, 2007 Africa Visits US (South Africa) Dec 7, 2007 Africa Visits US (Benin) - Attends White House Summit on Malaria Dec 12, 2007 Africa Visits US (Nigeria) Feb 11, 2008 Africa Visits US (Mali) Feb 15, 2008 Bush Trip to Africa (Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Tanzania) Feb 16, 2008 US Visits Africa (Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Liberia) - Bush & Rice Jul 14, 2008 AGOA Forum (Washington) Jul 25, 2008 Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Update Aug 26, 2008 Africa Visits US (Tanzania) Sep 14, 2008 Africa Visits US (Ghana) - Kufuor & Bush Sep 23, 2008 Africa Visits US (Uganda, Tanzania) - Musaveni, Kikwete, Bush Oct 20, 2008 Africa Visits US (Liberia) Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Dec 31, 2015 Obama Administration May 21, 2009 Africa Visits US (Tanzania) Jun 12, 2009 Africa Visits US (Zimbabwe) Aug 4, 2009 AGOA Forum (Kenya) Aug 4, 2009 US Visits Africa (Kenya, South Africa, Angola, DRC, Nigeria, LIberia, Cape Verde) - Clinton Sep 24, 2009 South Africa Visits US (South Africa) - Attended G20 Summit Nov 5, 2009 Africa Visits US (Botswana) Feb 8, 2010 AGOA Forum (Washington DC) Apr 12, 2010 Africa Visits US (South Africa, Nigeria) - Attended Nuclear Security Summit Apr 13, 2010 Sanctions Against Somalia Apr 21, 2010 US-African Union Bilateral Talks Apr 25, 2010 US 6 Year Strategy to Combat Malaria May 27, 2010 Africa Visits US (Liberia) May 29, 2010 Feed the Future Initiative Jun 24, 2010 Diplomacy Conference on Sub-Saharan Africa (DC) Jul 29, 2010 Apps4Africa Competition Jul 29, 2010 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) Launched Aug 5, 2010 AGOA Forum (Kansas City, MO, US) Aug 29, 2010 Young African Leaders Forum Sep 29, 2010 Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Mar 7, 2011 100 Women Initiative Jun 8, 2011 Africa Visits US (Nigeria, Gabon) Jun 9, 2011 AGOA Forum (Zambia) Jun 10, 2011 US Visits Africa (Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia) - Clinton Jun 29, 2011 First Lady's Young African Women Leaders Forum Jul 29, 2011 Africa Visits US (Niger, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin) Sep 21, 2011 South Sudan Visit to US (Mayardit & Obama) Jan 16, 2012 US Visits Africa (Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Cape Verde) - Clinton Feb 12, 2012 Africa Visits US (Liberia) Mar 7, 2012 Ghana Visits US (Mills) Mar 13, 2012 TechWomen Expands to Africa Jun 14, 2012 AGOA Forum (US) Jun 14, 2012 US Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa Aug 3, 2012 US Visits Africa (South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, NIgeria, Ghana, Benin) - Clinton Sep 29, 2012 Young African Leaders Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership Mar 28, 2013 Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, Cape Verde Attend African Leaders Summit (US) May 24, 2013 US Visits African Union Summit (Kerry) Jun 27, 2013 Obama Visits Senegal, South Africa & Tanzania Jun 29, 2013 YALI Town Hall, South Africa (Obama) Jun 29, 2013 Power Africa Launched Aug 9, 2013 AGOA Forum (Ethiopia) Sep 23, 2013 Nigeria Visits US (Jonathan & Obama) Dec 9, 2013 US Visit to South Africa (Obama) Apr 3, 2014 Sanctions Against South Sudan May 13, 2014 Sanctions Against Central African Republic Aug 1, 2014 AGOA Forum (US) Aug 5, 2014 US-Africa Business Forum Aug 5, 2014 Executive Order to Create President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa Aug 5, 2014 Ex-Im Bank Pledges Up To $3 Billion Financing for US Exports to Africa Aug 5, 2014 Ex-Im Bank & Angola Sign Memo of Understanding for Exports Aug 5, 2014 Future Planned Roundtables in Africa on Mobilizing Private Capita for Africa's Infrastructure (Interagency) Aug 5, 2014 20 x 20 Initiative (20 Trade and Reverse Trade Missions by 2020) Aug 5, 2014 Ex-Im Bank $563 M For Sale of GE Locomotives to Transnet, South Africa Aug 6, 2014 MCC Commits Up to $2 B for Private Sector-Led Economic Growth Aug 6, 2014 MCC Pledges 8 Procurement Promotion Sessions and 5 Trade & Investment Prospectuses Aug 10, 2014 USTR and ECOWAS Sign Trade & Investment Framework Agreement Aug 10, 2014 Dept Energy Pledges to Connect Africans to Clean Energy Solutions Center Aug 12, 2014 Dept Transportation Pledges $1 M to Safe Skies for Africa Aug 13, 2014 OPIC Pledges Up to $1 B Financing & Insurance; Personnel in SSA Aug 13, 2014 Tomorrow's Transportation Leaders Initiative Launched Aug 14, 2014 USTDA, DOE and DOT Host 2 African Leaders Visits with USALS Aug 14, 2014 USAID Pledges to Roll Out Benchmarking the Business of Agriculture (BBA) Aug 15, 2014 USTDA Pledges to Partner with Air Traffic & Navigation Services South Africa Aug 15, 2014 USAID Pledges to Upgrade US-African Trade Hubs Aug 16, 2014 USTDA Plans to Have Local Representation in Nigeria Aug 16, 2014 USAID Pledges to Launch Africa Private Capital Group for South Africa Aug 17, 2014 USAID Pledges $381 M New Private Sector Lending in Africa Aug 18, 2014 National Institute of Standards & Technology Plans to Target 25 African Metro Areas Through Global City Teams Program Aug 19, 2014 Dept Commerce Launches One-Stop-Shop Website on African Markets Aug 20, 2014 Dept Commerce Plans to Double Presence in SSA Aug 20, 2014 Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Hosts US-Africa Investors Forum Aug 22, 2014 State Dept Plans Medical Technology Trade Mission to Africa Aug 24, 2014 State Dept Plans to Commit $10 M To Expansion of US-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative Aug 29, 2014 Future Planned 50 DBIA Campaign Activities Over 2 Years Aug 29, 2014 USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation Up to $1 B Financing Guarantees for Agricultural Exports to Africa Oct 6, 2014 US Response to Ebola Epidemic Fact Sheet Nov 4, 2014 Commerce Dept Hosts Discover Sub-Saharan Africa Conference Atlanta Nov 5, 2014 Emergency Funding Request for US Response to Ebola Feb 28, 2015 US-East African Community Cooperation Agreement May 31, 2015 MCC First Trade and Investment Mission to Africa Jun 26, 2015 Dept Transportation Trade Mission to Africa Jul 1, 2015 Export-Import Bank Authority Lapse Jul 1, 2015 AGOA Reauthorized for 10 Years Jul 24, 2015 Obama Visits Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia) Jul 28, 2015 US Announces Global Health Security Agenda, $1 Billion Sep 14, 2015 Trade Winds Conference & Trade Mission