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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span><\/a>President Joe Biden came into office eager to turn the page on his predecessor\u2019s disdain and disinterest in the African continent.<\/p>\n

Instead of hurtful digs about \u201cshithole\u201d countries, the new administration promised a new era of relations based on common interests and mutual respect. The US, Biden\u2019s White House asserted, should be Africa\u2019s ideal partner on everything from nation-building, to trade, to security.<\/p>\n

Almost two years into his first term, the president\u2019s record on Africa is about to come under the spotlight like never before.<\/p>\n

After months of back-and-forth between federal agencies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken in August finally released the administration\u2019s new US strategy for sub-Saharan Africa. This December, Washington will host a US-Africa Leaders Summit for the first time since President Barack Obama launched the idea in 2014.
\nTogether, the strategy and the summit encapsulate Biden\u2019s vision for developing business ties with a youthful continent seen as a future economic powerhouse while staving off inroads by China and Russia. At the same time the administration has recommitted to the longtime US policy of supporting democracy in Africa and around the world after four years of \u201cAmerica First\u201d priorities under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was definitely a deliberate departure from the way that the Trump administration talked about and engaged with Africa,\u201d says Akunna Cook, a Nigerian-American former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs who left the government in September to launch a media production company focused on Africa. \u201cThe bar was at the floor of how you could elevate the discourse on engagement with Africa and base it on mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now comes the real test of whether US-Africa ties will finally take off or continue to fall far short of their full potential.<\/p>\n

On paper at least, the US has a lot going for it.
\nAfrican governments and their citizens may resent western lectures about the risks of dealing with China \u2013 the continent\u2019s biggest trading partner for the past 13 years \u2013 and admonishments to denounce Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. But many still look to the United States as a force for good.<\/p>\n

Polling by Afrobarometer indicates that 60% of Africans believe the United States has had a positive economic and political influence on their country, just below China (63%) but far ahead of Russia (35%) and former colonial powers (46%). At the same time, 70% of Africans agree with the statement that \u201cdemocracy is preferable to any other kind of government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new US strategy takes such findings into account to make the case that democratic African nations are more likely to choose the US as their preferred partner. As such, the document urges intensified US support for a free press, rule of law and transparency across the continent.
\n\u201cOpen societies,\u201d the strategy states, \u201care generally more inclined to work in common cause with the United States, attract greater US trade and investment, and pursue policies to improve conditions for their citizens, and counter harmful activities by the People\u2019s Republic of China, Russia, and other actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to engage with Africans on their own terms, the Biden administration is also looking to leverage America\u2019s 2 million-strong Africa-born diaspora like never before.
\n\u201cThat competitive advantage right now is latent,\u201d says Zainab Usman, the head of the Africa programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t yet been realised, but it\u2019s there to be tapped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even as the Biden administration is saying a lot of the right things, critics argue that more can and should be done to really prioritize Africa.<\/p>\n

As of mid-September, neither President Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris had yet to conduct \u2013 or even announce \u2013 a visit to the continent. The last US president to travel to Africa was Obama in July 2015, when he stopped by Kenya and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

By contrast, Biden so far has conducted eight international trips to 13 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East (plus the West Bank), including his 19 September visit to London for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Meanwhile Chinese President Xi Jinping last visited Africa in 2018 shortly before the Covid epidemic while Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped by South Africa for the BRICS summit that same year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s just a mismatch between the level of engagement (and the rhetoric) that comes out of partly the United States having so many interests around the world, and many demands on its time,\u201d says Cook. \u201cBut also just, frankly, a (lesser) priority placed on Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pro-democracy activists also worry about America\u2019s continued support for the region\u2019s autocrats despite its pro-democracy rhetoric.<\/p>\n

This year the Washington think tank Freedom House scored only eight African countries as fully free (Botswana, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia, Sa\u0303o Tome\u0301 and Pri\u0301ncipe, Seychelles and South Africa) \u2013 the worst showing since 1991. By inviting a host of leaders of authoritarian countries to its Leaders Summit, from Cameroon to Uganda, President Biden is giving them all a golden chance to pose with the leader of the free world without having to make any changes to earn it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a significant \u2013 and some could argue growing \u2013 chasm between rhetoric and reality,\u201d says Jeffrey Smith, the founder of Vanguard Africa, a US consultancy that represents African opposition figures such as Uganda\u2019s Bobi Wine and Martin Fayulu of the Democratic Republic of Congo. \u201cI think that\u2019s always a problem, because then America\u2019s detractors can point to that very void, and they\u2019re not wrong about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key to the summit\u2019s success, Cook says, will be how well the US can engage Africa on a host of issues from increasing private sector investment, to boosting Africa\u2019s voice in international organizations, to helping the continent meet its huge energy needs in a sustainable way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fear is that it\u2019s a check-the-box exercise. Like, okay, there\u2019s so many African countries, and if we just bring them all here … that\u2019s it,\u201d Cook says. \u201cBut that\u2019s not really what you want out of a summit. What you need out of a summit is something that meaningfully sets an agenda that you can work on for the next year or two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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