USAID Teams Up with Private Sector Leaders to Strengthen Healthcare Across Africa Through New ‘Transform Health Fund’

Today, during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C., the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced the Transform Health Fund for healthcare solutions in sub-Saharan Africa, a new primarily women-led collaboration. USAID and DFC plan to provide $1 million in catalytic grant funding and $10 million […]

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US-Africa Summit: DR Congo leader blames climate change for devastating floods

WASHINGTON— The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo joined the United States on Tuesday in blaming climate change for major floods that have claimed around 100 lives in the capital Kinshasa.   “The DRC is under pressure but unfortunately it’s not sufficiently heard or supported,” President Felix Tshisekedi told Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]

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