“Africa contains many of the world’s fastest growing economies, which represent potential new markets for U.S. goods and services. This is exactly what CCA supports and promotes on behalf of its more than 140 member companies – both U.S. and African, multinationals and SMEs,” the organization asserted. “CCA member companies are actively engaged in sectors ranging from petroleum, power, IT, and health to agribusiness, value added manufacturing, and financial and other services. In 2015, 39 percent of sub-Saharan Africans have a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to 29 percent of the total foreign-born population. “The president’s comments have damaged the interests of the United States in the world’s second largest continent with more than one billion people.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2018 04:07 UTC