Vice President Harris Announces Public and Private Sector Commitments to Advancing Digital Inclusion in Africa

Vice President Kamala Harris has worked to promote digital inclusion in Africa. She said that the United States is committed to build collaborations between public and private industries to increase digital inclusion on the continent of Africa. She said the United States will “double down” on our effort to mobilize millions of dollars in public and private capital from the United States, Africa, and around the world to increase digital inclusion. Now, the Vice President is announcing the following public-private partnerships, coordinated on behalf of the U.S. government and under the President’s Digital Transformation with Africa initiative by the Department of Commerce, which are responsive to her Call to Action in Lusaka, and a series of additional U.S. government and private sector initiatives to promote digital inclusion on the continent.

• Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa
• Partnership for Digital Access in Africa (PDAA)
• Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) and Initiative