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Biden’s diaspora council pushes for more engagement with Africa

As part of activities to expand cultural and education exchange between Africa and the United States, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday held a special forum for their Advance With Africa program in partnership with the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement (PAC-ADE) at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

At the session, the PAC-ADE discussed its 2024 priorities and review proposed recommendations, including programs to foster economic engagement through Diaspora business ties and opportunities to increase participation of members of the African diaspora in the United States related to trade, investment, economic growth, and development programs in Africa.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, by the end of the century, one in three people in the world will be African, inhabiting a huge consumer market with vast growth potential. The United Nations (UN) also projects…
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