The Young African Leaders Initiative is Set to Expand from a $100 Million Investment

By Kyra Edwards (STX-February 4, 2023) The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is set to receive an investment of more than $100 million, says Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022. The YALI was launched in 2010 and is the United States’ primary project to support the next generation of …

The African Creative Industries Will Create Millions of Jobs Across the Continent

By Kyra Edwards (St. Croix, December 16, 2022). United States President Joe Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022. The Summit highlighted ideologies held by major world policymakers that as the youngest continent on the planet and a key geopolitical figure, …