The first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in August 2014 brought 50 African leaders to Washington, D.C. There, Obama announced a $33-billion package of public and private investment. This represented a shift of U.S. policy moving away from a focus on humanitarianism and counterterrorism to growth and trade, according to Alex Vines of Chatham House. Obama’s Africa policy will be remembered for this, Vines said. “It will be trade rather than aid or security. That is President Obama’s key Africa legacy in my opinion.”
Source: DW
