Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

U.S.- AFRICA RELATIONS

Doing Business in Africa Delegation Visits Ethiopian Airlines & Announces Closer U.S.-Ethiopian Business Partnership: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 25, 2018
Ethiopian Airlines- Press Release
U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Gilbert Kaplan led a large delegation of U.S. businesses and officials from across the U.S. government on a visit to Ethiopian Airlines. Under Secretary Kaplan met with Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam, to discuss potential ways for U.S. companies to partner with Ethiopian Airlines to achieve even greater growth,…Read more>>

INFRASTRUCTURE

Africa’s infrastructure financing gap in focus at World Bank and AfDB roundtable
Devdiscourse
Highlighting the critical contributions of the African Development Bank to infrastructure financing and governance in Africa, the Director for Infrastructure and Urban Development, Amadou Oumarou said that there is an urgent need to build a sustainable infrastructure…Read more>>

TOURISM

Luxury-Train Stopover in Gwanda, Zimbabwe, Brings Tourists – and Their Money
Global Press Journal
Zimbabwe’s once-booming tourism sector is on the rise. While natural landscapes, game sites and historical monuments, including Victoria Falls, Matobo Hills and Hwange National Park, are hugely popular among international visitors…Read more>>