Obama Seeks to Increase African Electricity, Trade
07/07/2013
President Obama speaks at a business forum in Tanzania aimed at increasing investment in Africa.
Hi again. Welcome back to As It Is. I’m Kelly Jean Kelly.
President Barack Obama returned to the United States this week after visiting Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania with his wife and two daughters. One issue that the president spoke about was power.
“Access to electricity is fundamental to opportunity in this age. It’s the light that children study by. The energy that allows an idea to be transformed into a real business. It’s the lifeline for families to meet their most basic needs. And it’s the connection that’ s needed to plug Africa into the grid of the global economy. You got to have power.”
During his visit, President Obama promised to give $7 billion to increase electricity production in sub-Saharan Africa. The program is being called Power Africa.
Obama said it will double the number of people in Africa who have electricity in the next five years. The program will be started in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania.
The president also spoke about increasing trade between sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. He told African and American business leaders in Tanzania that he believes Africa is the world’s next major success story. And, he said, America wants a relationship with Africa based more on trade than aid.
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