{"id":62698,"date":"2016-01-26T00:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/u-s-secretary-of-commerce-penny-pritzker-arrives-in-lagos-nigeria-to-lead-fact-finding-mission-with-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2016-01-26T00:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:33:43","slug":"u-s-secretary-of-commerce-penny-pritzker-arrives-in-lagos-nigeria-to-lead-fact-finding-mission-with-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-secretary-of-commerce-penny-pritzker-arrives-in-lagos-nigeria-to-lead-fact-finding-mission-with-presidents-advisory-council-on-doing-business-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Secretary Of Commerce Penny Pritzker Arrives in Lagos, Nigeria to Lead Fact-Finding Mission with President\u2019s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, January 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — <\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Lagos, Nigeria to kick-off a fact-finding mission with senior U.S. business executives who comprise the\u00a0President\u2019s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).\u00a0 Chaired\u00a0by Secretary\u00a0Pritzker, the Council was formed to advise\u00a0the President on ways to strengthen commercial engagement between the United States and Africa.\u00a0 This trip provides an opportunity for the PAC-DBIA members to gather facts about the commercial opportunities\u00a0and challenges\u00a0in Nigeria and Rwanda,\u00a0report back to the President with strong and actionable recommendations, and develop policy ideas that will benefit both countries and raise our commercial relationship to the next level.<\/p>\n

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Following\u00a0Nigeria, the delegation\u00a0will travel\u00a0to Kigali, Rwanda. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cPresident Obama\u00a0and I are\u00a0convinced that the American private sector, working in partnership with the African business community, can help address some of the continent\u2019s most pressing challenges, including\u00a0building modern infrastructure, creating jobs\u00a0and opportunity\u00a0for young people, and expanding\u00a0access to education and the Internet,\u201d said Secretary Pritzker.\u00a0 \u201cWhen we think about the economic potential\u00a0of countries across\u00a0Africa\u2014and Nigeria\u00a0is absolutely at the top of that list\u2014the imperative that we all face is to\u00a0promote economic growth and\u00a0opportunity at home, and\u00a0deepening our mutually beneficial ties of trade and commerce is\u00a0not just\u00a0a nice to have, it is a must-have for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Secretary\u2019s trip to Nigeria and Rwanda underscores\u00a0the Obama Administration\u2019s commitment to shifting the U.S. economic relationship with Africa from one based on aid to one based on trade and investment.\u00a0 Following the trip, the PAC-DBIA members will develop an actionable set of recommendation for President Obama regarding how U.S. government programs and policies can better support economic engagement between Africa and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Africa presents tremendous long-term growth opportunities, and both the U.S. government and the U.S. private sector are committed to deepening our economic and commercial engagement on the continent.\u00a0 The Council members specifically\u00a0selected Nigeria and Rwanda for this trip.\u00a0\u00a0Nigeria\u2019s middle class of roughly 50 million people is expected to help grow the country into one of the top-10 global economies by 2050.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda has taken some of the most\u00a0progressive steps in Africa to promote economic competitiveness and has established itself as a leader in the East African Community.\u00a0 The\u00a0Rwandan government\u00a0has executed\u00a0several programs that have\u00a0led to\u00a0economic progress,\u00a0such as eliminating roaming charges for phone calls\u00a0across the region, implementing Single Customs Territory along\u00a0the Northern\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corridor to reduce the transit-times for goods, making public investments in transportation and energy infrastructure,\u00a0and\u00a0offering\u00a0near universal primary school enrollment.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, January 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived in Lagos, Nigeria to kick-off a fact-finding mission with senior U.S. business executives who comprise the\u00a0President\u2019s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).\u00a0 Chaired\u00a0by Secretary\u00a0Pritzker, the Council was formed to advise\u00a0the President on ways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-62698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}