African leaders are meeting this week with President Joe Biden for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of his administration. The gathering comes at a very important time, for this is an inflection point as much for the U.S. as it is for Africa. The U.S. has always loomed large in the minds of Africans of all ages, but under Biden’s predecessor, President Donald Trump, the sentiment changed dramatically for the worse.
Unfortunately, Trump did not know much about Africa, and because of that, it was not high on his agenda. Biden, on the other hand, came into office making Africa one of the cornerstones of his agenda.
The three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit is a tangible example of this attention. The summit will draw most of Africa’s leaders and a cross section of nongovernmental organizations, aid organizations and other interested parties together under one roof for three days to discuss the continent and mutually beneficial opportunities.
