Florie Liser and CCA Members Join Vice President Harris in Africa

In April 2023, Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) worked with USAID and the Office of the Vice President of the United States in a joint commitment to Women’s Economic Empowerment on the African continent. Vice President Kamala Harris called for investments from the private sector and philanthropic organizations and as a part of that call, CCA was delighted to reach out to its members to contribute to the Women in Digital Economy Fund, an initiative which was launched “to help close the digital divide, improve meaningful access to equitable digital finance and other online services, and address social norms that prevent women from participating fully in the digital economy.”During the VP’s trip to Africa, she announced commitments made by the USG, the private sector as well as foundations to close the gender digital divide in Africa. CCA is proud of its outreach to our members including Visa, Pfizer, Microsoft, Procter and Gamble and Yeleen Enterprises who made commitments totaling $6.5million as well as commitments to do more training, capacity building and workshops to upskill women led businesses on the continent. Florie Liser, the President and CEO of CCA was invited by the Vice President to participate at the roundtable in Lusaka, Zambia where this initiative and others were discussed.For more information about the commitments announced by the White House pleaseclick hereto see this press release.