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Andrew Herscowitz Power Africa, Andrew Herscowitz USAID, Christopher Camponovo, CSIS Africa Program, CSIS Chevron Forum, CSIS Power Africa, Obama Power Africa, Power Africa Kenya, Robert Perry Corporate Council on Africa, Symbion Power
Yesterday, CSIS convened an extremely popular panel on President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative. For those who want more info, see a previous Africa in DC post on the topic. I always enjoy seeing large crowds at Africanist events. However, I must admit that it was bittersweet in this case. The Initiative will bring money to a lot of US companies to implement work in Africa, so I suspect that for many of those in attendance, their presence was motivated more by self-interest than an altruistic desire to acquire knowledge or to improve the lives of Africans (not nearly as many people came out at the last CSIS event I attended to hear about human rights in Angola).
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Africa in DC 