Taxpayer money $2B Solar Deployment in Angola, $55B to Africa, no condition attached free money

On 12/12/2022, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a briefing with reporters to preview the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that begins Tuesday. President Biden has invited 49 African heads of state and the African Union Commission chair to Washington, D.C., for the three-day summit. The leaders are expected to talk about the coronavirus, climate change, trade etc. It has been eight years since the first U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. White House officials say big announcements will be made throughout the summit. One announcement previewed is that Biden would use the summit to declare his support for adding the African Union as a permanent member of the Group of 20 nations.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the administration would commit to spending $55 billion in Africa over the the next three years on “a wide range of sectors to tackle the core challenges of our time.” “If you compare what the United States is committing over the next three years to what any other country is committing, I think we stack up extremely favorably,” Sullivan said.

The United States (U.S.) Government, with support by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, $2 billion to develop a solar project in the southwestern African nation. The project will include the development of solar mini-grids, home power kits and solar-to-power telecommunications.

And while the administration has tried to minimize concerns about China’s deepening presence on the continent as a driving force at this week’s talks, Beijing’s shadow over the biggest international gathering in Washington looms large.