Just in: UBA, USAID seal Prosper Africa two-way investment deal in Tunisia
Fresh strategic two-way trade and investment goal deal has been sealed between United Bank for Africa (UBA) and U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Prosper Africa initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and the nations of Africa.
The key target of the partnership amongst others include to ensure that businesses are equipped with the technical and financial tools they need to enter into new trading and investment relationships in Africa and the United States.
Recognizing tremendous growth opportunities, USAID and UBA are collaborating to advance Prosper Africa’s goal of substantially increasing two-way trade between Africa and the United States. By working together, they will extend financing and technical assistance to businesses that will strengthen the American economy, grow African economies, and create jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.
Business Hilights gathered that the two institutions entered into this agreement as part of the opening ceremony of the Tunisia Prosper Africa Conference, co-organized by the U.S. Embassy in Tunis and the American Chamber of Commerce of Tunisia. The event facilitated U.S. and African business-to-business connections and featured remarks by key representatives from the U.S. Government and the U.S. and African private sector.
According to the understanding, whereas the USAID will provide technical assistance and advisory services to prospective businesses through its Trade and Investment Hubs, UBA will be linked up with African Diaspora business groups working across the United States.
Besides, UBA, the only sub-Saharan African bank licensed to operate in the United States, would rely on the new deal to expand access its reach and extend financing to American companies in the United States looking to do business with African nations.
