Initiative
Amount (millions, USD)
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Implementing Agency
Sector
Description
Economic
1. Transformation with Africa (DTA) Initiative
$800 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Department of State, Millennium Challenge Corporation, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), U.S. Trade and Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce
Digital
The new Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) initiative will expand digital access and literacy and strengthen digital enabling environments across the continent. Working with Congress, this initiative intends to invest over $350 million and facilitate over $450 million in loan financing for Africa in line with the African Union’s Digital Transformation Strategy and the U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa.
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2. Mastercard’s Community Pass Network
$50 million
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Digital
A collaboration between the DFC and Mastercard will increase support to financial institutions, agricultural and technology companies, and businesses engaged with Mastercard’s Community Pass, a digital platform working to address digital infrastructure challenges in rural communities.
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3. Bolstering Power Africa
$4 million
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)
Energy
USTDA is investing nearly $4 million to support a just energy transition across several African countries. These investments include Biomass power plant in Cote d’Ivoire, clean hydroelectric power in Sierra Leone and battery energy storage technology project in Zambia.
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4. Health Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance (HETA)
$150 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Energy
The Health Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance is a five-year cooperative agreement that will invest USAID resources to leverage more than $150 million of additional private sector resources to install reliable, renewable power and provide mobile network and Internet access for at least 10,000 health facilities in Africa.
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5. African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP)
$1 million
U.S. Department of State
Entrepreneurship
Working with Congress, the United States will provide $1 million to fund small grants to train and support women entrepreneurs in Africa.
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6. Investments in African Enterprises
$38.84 million
U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF)
Entrepreneurship
Working with Congress, in 2023, USADF plans to implement new projects that will invest $56.84 million, of which $18 million is expected to be leveraged from the private sector and other donors.
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7. Memorandum of Understanding
$5 million
U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF)
Entrepreneurship
USADF and the Government of Namibia signed a Memorandum of Understanding announcing a five-year, $10 million partnership. Under the partnership, USADF and Namibia’s Ministry of Industrialization and Trade each will contribute $5 million to provide grant investments to increase competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural communities in Namibia, with special focus on women and youth.
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8. Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Partnership to Encourage African Entrepreneurship
$4 million
U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF)
Entrepreneurship
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), working with Congress, plans to contribute up to $4 million to provide investment toolkits in the form of non-repayable capital of up to $5,000 to African entrepreneurs and micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
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9. Investments in Food Security, Renewable Energy, and Health
$369 million
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Food Security, Energy, Health
The DFC announced $369 million in new investments across Africa in food security, renewable energy infrastructure, and health.
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10. Accelerating Women’s Empowerment in Energy (AWEE)
$1 million
U.S. Department of State
Gender
The Department of State announced the Accelerating Women’s Empowerment in Energy (AWEE) grant-making project with an initial investment of $1 million to help secure women’s economic futures through green jobs, with a focus on the clean energy sector Kenya and South Africa.
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11. Transform Health Fund
$11 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID); U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Health
USAID and the DFC announced the Transform Health Fund and plan to provide $1 million in catalytic grant funding and $10 million in equity financing, respectively, to support locally-led supply chain transformation, innovative care delivery, and digital solutions to secure Africa’s healthcare future.
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12. Benin-Niger Regional Transport Compact
$504 million
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
Infrastructure
The Benin-Niger Regional Transport Compact is designed to reduce transportation costs along the corridor between the Port of Cotonou in Benin and Niger’s capital city of Niamey. MCC will invest $202 million in Benin and $302 million in Niger, including $15 million in contributions from the governments of Benin and Niger.
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13. Climate Action Infrastructure Facility
$10 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Infrastructure
USAID intends to contribute $10 million in Africa to facilities and funds that bring private investors and donors together to support large-scale climate solutions in emerging and frontier markets.
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14. Prosper Africa Initiative: Africa Conservation and Communities Tourism Fund
$2.5 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Tourism
USAID announced a new Prosper Africa partnership with ThirdWay Partners and The Nature Conservancy to protect African landscapes and bolster the tourism sector, with $2.5 million in catalytic funding from USAID.
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15. Memorandum of Understanding
$500 million
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Trade
EXIM and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed a $500 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand Diaspora commercial engagement across Africa, increase access and awareness of both institutions’ financial products, and support exports of U.S. goods and services.
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16. Memorandum of Understanding
$500 million
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Trade
EXIM and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $500 million MoU to facilitate U.S. goods and services exports, promote U.S.-Africa trade, and support financing of trade-enabling projects.
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17. Memorandum of Understanding
$300 million
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
Trade
EXIM and Africa50 signed an MoU to facilitate up to $300 million in EXIM financing for the export of U.S. goods and services to buyers throughout Africa, particularly in support of infrastructure, transportation, digital technology, and renewable energy projects.
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18. Prosper Africa
$170 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Trade
Prosper Africa plans to invest $170 million to boost African exports and U.S. investment in the continent.* *NOTE: it is not clear whether the new Prosper Africa-associated initiatives that were announced separately are included in this sum.
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Governance
19. African Democratic and Political Transition (ADAPT) Initiative
$75 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID):U.S. Department of State
Governance
Over three years, the Biden-Harris administration intends to work with Congress to invest $75 million for this initiative to counter democratic backsliding in partnership with regional bodies, governments, and civil society in support of durable political transitions.
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20. Electoral Assistance
$165 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID); U.S Department of State
Governance
Working with Congress, the United States plans to provide over $165 million to support elections and good governance in Africa in 2023.
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21. International Visitor Leadership Program Project on Transparency and Accountability in Government
$0.475 million
U.S. Department of State
Governance
This $475,000 project promotes transparency and accountability in government to ensure public trust in the integrity and fairness of elected officials, public servants, and institutions.
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Humanitarian
22. Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Chad
$2.5 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Humanitarian Assistance
USAID provided an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian assistance following unprecedented flooding in Chad.
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23. Humanitarian Assistance in Somalia
$ 411 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Humanitarian Assistance
USAID announced an additional $411 million in new funding for food security in Somalia.
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24. Humanitarian Assistance to Africa
$2,000 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Humanitarian Assistance
USAID plans to provide $2 billion in humanitarian assistance to support crisis-affected people in Africa.
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Security
25. 21st Partnership for African Security (21PAS)
$100 million
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Security
Working with Congress, this $100 million, three-year pilot program will support U.S. and African partners to coordinate, share, and enhance solutions to security challenges. Illustrative areas of 21PAS support could be regional maritime cooperation, information sharing networks, counterterrorism, logistics, institutional capacity building, professionalization, operational support, excess defense articles, exercise development and execution, etc.
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26. Civil Society Partnerships for Civilian Security
$2 million
U.S. Department of State
Security
Working with Congress, the Department of State plans to invest at least $2 million to develop a new initiative that facilitates civil society engagement in the security sector.
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Social
27. African Descent Social Entrepreneurship Network
$0.5 million
U.S. Department of State
Entrepreneurship
The Department of State intends to provide $500,000 to launch the African Descent Social Entrepreneurship Network, a collaboration tool for leaders to share best practices for economic prosperity through social entrepreneurship.
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28. Multilateral Partnership for Organizing, Worker Empowerment and Rights
$5 million
U.S. Department of Labor
Gender
The U.S. Labor Department awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement to the Solidarity Center to support women’s participation in the workplace, particularly in Liberia and Nigeria.
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29. President’s Malaria Initiative and President’s Energy Plan for AIDS Relief: Partnerships to Accelerate Primary Healthcare
$415 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID); U.S. Department of State
Health
USAID announced a $415 collaboration to advance primary health care in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Nigeria. The partnership, in collaboration with the United States President’s Malaria Initiative and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), aims to demonstrate measurable improvements in primary healthcare outcomes.
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30. Exchange Scholarships
$0.09 million
U.S. Department of State
Human Capital Development
Working with Congress, the Department of State plans to award up to 50 scholarships, totaling approximately $90,000, to exchange visitors from across Africa.
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31. University Partnerships Initiative (UPI)
$1.5 million
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Education
Human Capital Development
The Department of Education will provide $1.5 million to facilitate U.S.-Africa university exchanges, joint research, collaboration on academic administration, and public-private partnerships.
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32. Young African Leaders Initiative Young African Leaders Exchange YALI Alumni Expo and Trade Show
$100 million
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Human Capital Development
As part of a $100 million planned expansion of YALI, USAID will facilitate the first pan-African YALI Alumni Expo and Trade Show and create the Young African Leaders Exchange, the first pan-African virtual platform connecting YALI alumni and key stakeholders.
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33. Grant to Combat Child Labor in West Africa’s Agriculture Sector
$4 million
U.S. Department of Labor
Human Rights
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a $4 million grant to support the International Labor Organization’s work to implement a technical assistance project in West Africa in line with the ECOWAS regional plan of action to address child labor.
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