Secretary of State John Kerry today urged greater U.S. investment in Africa to help develop a U.S.- Africa relationship focused more on shared opportunity and economic growth than on crisis management.
“For too long, ties between the United States and Africa were largely rooted in meeting the challenges and crises of the moment,” Kerry told an audience of diplomats and dignitaries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“We want more American companies to be here, to invest here — both to unleash the power of the private sector in Africa and to create jobs in America,” Kerry said, even while warning of the damage that conflict, corruption, and curbs on freedoms can do to Africa’s potential.
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