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U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit: Museveni Markets Uganda as White House Pledges $55bn Support for Africa

by Rogers Atukunda
December 14, 2022
U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit: Museveni Markets Uganda as White House Pledges $55bn Support for Africa

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President Museveni is in Washington DC at the invitation of H.E President Joe Biden, for the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit.

“After receiving a grand reception, H.E. the President, ever fresh and fit as a fiddle and in high spirits, walked from his hotel to the venue of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC,” tweeted Faruk Kirunda, the Deputy Press Secretary to H.E the President, on Tuesday.

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The President also tweeted on his official handle saying: “In both my speeches in London, the UK on Monday and the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC today, I have continued to highlight the unique beauty of Uganda, the marvel of Rwenzori and the good high-altitude climate. That is why you find permanent snow on the Equator.”

President Joe Biden is hosting 50 African heads of state in Washington DC. The three-day summit will highlight how the United States and African nations are strengthening our partnerships to advance shared priorities.

The White House said Monday that it was pledging $55 billion in economic, health and security support for Africa over the next three years.

President Museveni in Washington

“Working closely with Congress, the US will commit $55 billion to Africa over the course of the next three years across a wide range of sectors to tackle the core challenges of our time,” said White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan.

He said the guiding theme of the summit would be the African Union’s own Agenda 2063, its plan for sustainable socio-economic development of the continent.

“The entire first substantive session that the president will chair at the summit is on Agenda 2063. That is not an American document. It is not an American Vision. It is the African Union’s document . . .  So we are lifting up African voices and African priorities in what we are doing in this summit,” he told reporters.

On Wednesday, the focus will be on increasing two-way trade and investment at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum.  CEOs and private sector leadership from over 300 American and African companies will convene with the heads of delegation to catalyze investment in critical sectors, including health, infrastructure, energy, agribusiness, and digital.

President Biden will close the Business Forum on Wednesday with public remarks.  Later in the day, he will host a small group of leaders at the White House for a discussion on upcoming presidential elections in 2023 in Africa and U.S. support for free, fair, and credible polls across the continent.

Museveni on arrival in USA

He will then host, Wednesday evening, all 50 heads of delegation and their spouses for a dinner here at the White House.

Thursday is dedicated to high-level discussions among leaders, with President Biden opening the day with a session on partnering on Agenda 2063, the African Union’s strategic vision for the continent.

A working lunch by Vice President Harris will follow that session.  And then the President will close the day with a discussion on food security and food systems resilience, a critical issue for African partners, who have been disproportionately impacted by the rise in food and fertilizer prices and disruptions to global supply chains as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“Throughout the next three days and then beyond the next three days, we look forward to leveraging the best of America — a truly unrivalled set of tools across our government, our private sector, and civil society — to partner with and support African institutions, African citizens, and African nations to advance our shared goals,” Sullivan noted.

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