VIDEO: US pushing for investment in Africa

The largest ever summit of African leaders in the US is underway in Washington with the opportunity for American businesses to clinch deals with the 45 heads of state present.

US companies have pledged $14bn (£8.3bn) of investment in Africa. Here's the story in 15 seconds.

US investment in Africa is fighting extremism, bringing stability and improving Africans' lives, US Secretary of State John Kerry tells the BBC.

UONGOZI WA JUMUIYA DMV UNAWATANGAZIA KUWA KUHUSU MKUTANO WA  U.S. AFRICA TRADE & INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE: U.S. AFRICA TRADE & INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE:                                  Healthcare, Areospace, and Energy Sustainability                        MORE INFORMATION VISIT http://www.africantbc.org/event-1762457            EMAIL EVENTS@AFRICANTBC.ORG OR CALL +240.863.2493  BY REGISTRATION ONLY Program 9:30am – 11:00amRegistration & Open Networking Welcoming Remarks Opening Session ~...

TP Mazembe president, Moise Katumbi, says African clubs need European-style investment in order to improve.

Participating Organizations include : The World Bank, USAID, East Africa Trade & Investment Hub, Corporate Council on Africa, Aspen Institute, Eastern Africa Diaspora Business Council (EADBC), Networks, Research & Business Capital (NRBC), Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC )

Have you ever wondered how you could take a US Franchise to East Africa? How you can harness the appropriate capital to do so....?

During this exciting event in Boston,there will...

In the last decade nearly a million Chinese citizens have taken up residence in Africa. In his vivid new book, “China’s Second Continent,” Howard French tells stories of these migrants and the Africans whose lives they affect.

Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Charles Brewer.

Although the number of foreign direct investments (FDI) fell by 8.4% in 2014, capital investment into Africa surged to US$128b, a year-on-year increase of 136%, according to the recently released EY 2015 Africa Attractiveness Survey and the average investment increased to US$174.5m per project, up from US$67.8m in 2013.

Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), says that this is...

>Africa, the second largest continent in size (land mass) and population (about one billion inhabitants), is the poorest of all continents in the world. Yet, the same Africa is said to have more natural resources now than any other continent.