The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) Joy Basu visits Abuja and Lagos to discuss specific improvements for enabling the business environment and affirm positive economic reforms made by President Bola Tinubu Administration, as well as advocate for U.S.
businesses seeking to invest in Nigeria and highlight opportunities to deepen U.S.-Nigeria two-way trade.
In Lagos, she brought together women from small and medium-sized enterprises , banks and venture capital firms to accelerate efforts to bridge the financing gap for women-led SMEs. She convened intellectual property lawyers, creative industry experts, and Nigerian content creators to brainstorm structural changes that would better protect and monetize creative content.
At that meeting, President Biden welcomed the Tinubu Administration’s steps to reform Nigeria’s economy and thanked President Tinubu for his strong leadership as the chair of the Economic Community of West African States to defend and preserve constitutional order and the rule of law in Niger and the broader region.
Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Dr John Nkengasong, U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Coordinator Dr David Walton, and Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands completed a joint visit to Nigeria September 11-13 in a historic show of solidarity as the leaders of the largest donors to Nigeria’s HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria response efforts.
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