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Welcome to summer! We’re just back from a very successful U.S.-Africa Business Summit, June 18-21 in Maputo.

Heads of State, Vice Presidents, and Prime Ministers from nine African nations attended the Corporate Council on Africa’s 12th U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Maputo, Mozambique on June 18-21.

Heads of State, Vice Presidents, and Prime Ministers from nine African nations attended the Corporate Council on Africa’s 12th U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Maputo, Mozambique on June 18-21.

Phase one of the world’s largest free trade agreement went into effect yesterday! The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) officially took effect on May 30.

On May 16, the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) partnered with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Citibank to present the “Ethiopia Partnerships Forum,” which completed the two-day long summit.

On May 13, 2019 Corporate Council on Africa’s Health Working Group hosted a “Roundtable Discussion with Africa Centres for Disease Control (ACDC) and U.S.

On May 7, the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in partnership with the USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), hosted a Health Working Group on “Advancing Primary Health Care in Egypt, Ethiopia and Mozambique.”

On May 2, 2019, Corporate Council on Africa hosted Amb. Fitsum Arega, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the U.S., as part of its High-Level Dialogue Series.

When I wrote to you in February, I forecast 2019 would be a busy and productive year. Even I had no idea just how busy they would be. I’m delighted to report that, just under 50 days to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, we already have eleven heads of state confirmed (from co-hosts Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) ...

Corporate Council on Africa is honored to announce that Ten Heads of State are confirmed to attend the 12th U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Maputo, Mozambique on June 18-21, 2019