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Responding to African Priorities in U.S.-Africa Relations: Insights from Afrobarometer
Thu, October 28th, 2021
Streamed Live from Georgetown University
Too often, discussions of Africa outside the continent fail to consider Africans’ priorities. Policymakers typically cite a dearth of reliable data on local perspectives for this failure. But now, as the Biden administration signals interest in revamping U.S.-Africa relations, an opportunity to better incorporate the voices of African citizens into policymaking emerges.
Join the Carnegie Africa Program and the African Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service to hear about African citizens’ perspectives on local, regional, and global challenges and their implications for U.S.-Africa policy. In this special program, CEO of Afrobarometer Joseph Asunka and USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Travis Adkins will discuss key highlights from Afrobarometer’s most recent Round 8 survey of Africans across the continent.
This event is co-hosted with the African Studies Program at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Joseph Asunka
Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer.
Travis Adkins
Travis Adkins is the Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Africa at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and is responsible for the Sudan and South Sudan portfolio, as well as several presidential initiatives.
Ken Opalo
Ken Opalo is an assistant professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Lahra Smith
Lahra Smith is an associate professor in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University and the director of the African Studies Program.
Zainab Usman
Former Director, Africa Program
Zainab Usman was a senior fellow and the inaugural director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.