On the side lines of U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, the partner organizations have put together a program with four sessions. The first session aims to advance US-Africa university partnerships across research, teaching, public engagement, and exchanges. The second session will discuss the role of digital technologies with a focus on their linkages to democracy, human rights, and civil society. The third session aims to enhance citizen diplomacy as a key pillar of U.S.-Africa’s state and non-state engagements including aspects such as people-to-people engagements, diaspora diplomacy, cultural diplomacy and digital diplomacy. The fourth session will be focused on the U.S. Business in Africa Awards (USBAA), a project inaugurated in October 2022 in Johannesburg whose main goal is to recognize and honour U.S. businesses making positive contributions to African economies. 

This program is presented by (in alphabetical order):

• African Centre for the Study of the U.S., University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg;
• Annenberg Center for Communication Leadership and Policy, University of Southern California;
• Center for African Studies, Howard University;
• Institute for African Studies, George Washington University; and
• Public Diplomacy Council of America.
   

Watch Recordings:

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3