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The event will bring together government, business and investor leaders from both continents, reinforcing the commitment between Africa and the United States to strengthening economic, trade and investment ties.
The summit aims to discuss and promote opportunities for investment, innovation and partnerships between the public and private sectors, focusing on areas such as infrastructure, energy, technology, agriculture and industry.
Joe Biden will leave office without ever visiting Africa. At a summit of African leaders he hosted in Washington at the end of 2022, the current President of the United States had promised to visit Africa the following year.
His visit was to be the culmination of an administration effort to strengthen ties with the continent, in part to counter the growing influence of China, a rival of the United States.
Several cabinet members and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as First Lady Jill Biden, visited African countries in 2023.
His successor, who must visit, will be the first American president to visit sub-Saharan Africa since 2015.
Topics of collaboration on a number of issues, economic partnerships and infrastructure remain on the agenda, including a rail project that would begin in Lobito, Angola, and eventually link the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, among other issues.
