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Using the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), “the Trump administration has an execution platform, not just a financing source, that can support the long-term success of the US-DRC critical minerals deal,” writes @ACAfricaCenter’s @AubreyHruby.
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🗓️September 11 | 🕘09:00 ET
Join us and @PolicyCenterNS for a timely conversation and policy brief launch by @AubreyHruby on the future of US development finance & commercial diplomacy in Africa and beyond.
#ACPCNS
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DOGE is reportedly planning to shut down foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
In a new issue brief, @ACAfricaCenter’s @AubreyHruby argues for reform instead—because the MCC could prove essential in the race for critical minerals:
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The United States is working to turn around decades of policies that ceded strategic advantage in critical value chains to China. The MCC should be seen as a vital part of that effort.
Read more from @AubreyHruby ⏬
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Africa Tech Startup Funding Resilient Amid Challenges via @forbes and with comments and context from @LandrySigne @AubreyHruby @anovitske @AfricaTBD @namdiemefo of @afriskaut @tundde of @VendeaseAfrica @TomisinAmokeoja cc @forbesafrica @ForbesTech
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With Aymeric Saha (@MiDA_Advisors), Daniel Twining (@IRIglobal), @AubreyHruby, Bryan Lanza (Mercury Public Affairs) and Otaviano Canuto moderating.
Plus with a keynote from @Macky_Sall and welcoming remarks from @PolicyCenterNS's Karim El Aynaoui.
#ACPCNS
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✨#AFTSNairobi2024 Speaker Spotlight✨@AubreyHruby is the co-founder of @TofinoCapital and @InsiderPR_ and a long-time advisor to investors in African markets.
Over the last 20 years, Aubrey has facilitated over $2B in capital flows to 30+ African markets.
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Congrats @AubreyHruby of @ACAfricaCenter for this important report on critical minerals and the best ways to boost the investments in Africa. Happy to see the strong interest of the Hill, the US Government and the African diplomatic corps for your relevant policy recommendations. Proud to write the preface! #AfricasTimeHasCome atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth…
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The Africa Center is thrilled to cap off our week at Mining Indaba to launch our Critical Minerals Task Force. Many thanks to @EximBankUS and Aiteo Group and @AubreyHruby for helping to bring us together for conversation.
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The annual #MiningIndaba in Cape Town, #SouthAfrica🇿🇦, is always a great opportunity to catch up with old friends & colleagues, including some like the @AtlanticCouncil’s @AubreyHruby who are as peripatetic as I am, crisscrossing #Africa.
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A special thanks to our moderator @AubreyHruby and our panelists: @LopesInsights, @HeatherDHanson, @ChefPierreThiam, @ACYamadjako, and @SaraLemniei!
In case you missed it, catch the highlights and the event recap here 👇
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Helpful overview report on agtech in African agriculture by @AubreyHruby at Atlantic Council and Fatima Mengouh from the @PolicyCenterNS
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Africa’s population is set to double by 2050.
“There is a consensus on the necessity to protect the small-scale farmers,” said @_AfricanUnion’s @NEPAD_Mayaki at #ACNY this week.
Read more from the event moderated by @ramayade and @AubreyHruby:
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President William Ruto didn’t allow NYC gridlocked traffic to delay him attending the US-Africa Investment Forum. Instead he left the cars behind & walked many city blocks to arrive on time. A clear display of Kenya’s new leadership.
#UNGA2023 #RutoontheMarch
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Wednesday June 21, 9:30am ET
Join us for a panel on #Africa's green #hydrogen potential with @AdamJeanPaul (@ECA_OFFICIAL), Sheldon Husselmann (Hyphen), Stefan Liebing (@afrikaverein) and @chigozie_NE (@intafripower1) moderated by @AubreyHruby! atlanticcouncil.org/event/gr…
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3 lists, 2 years, 1 epic fusion.
Introducing our #AfricaTech Twitter list - the ultimate tracker for Africa's tech scene on your feed.
Follow to stay updated on the latest trends, breakthroughs, and success stories shaping the tech ecosystem ⬇️
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#Netflix has dropped a 45-page report on its "Africa adventures" from 2016-2022. I just received it. I'll go through it and share highlights in this thread, so this may take all day... 🤪
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Incredible new paper by @AubreyHruby @TofinoCapital on the cost of data and what that means for development. Some eye catching snippets🧵👇
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Over a third of the 1,400+ investors active in Africa startups ecosystem are based in the U.S. 🇺🇸👇
Africa: The Big Deal: Show Me The Money! [Louder!] thebigdeal.substack.com/p/in…
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🇳🇬This just in! AC director @ramayade and experts @AubreyHruby and Constance Berry Newman, who was in Nigeria as a special monitor, react to the #election of Bolo Tinubu as #Nigeria's next president. What's next? Read here: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ne…