USAfriTrade Membership – Join us.

The U.S-Africa Trade Commission (USAfriTrade) provides its member companies with a wide array of business-focused information, advocacy, and advisory services on both policy and operating issues. Membership is company-wide, allowing all employees to benefit from USAfriTrade services.

Advocacy in the United States & Africa.

USAfriTrade has always played an important role in US policy debates and fought for stable and expanded U.S-Africa economic links. American companies look to USAfriTrade to be their collective voice on key policy issues and to provide with definitive information and positions on American business interests with Africa.

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As a member of the U.S.-Africa Trade Commission, your company will enjoy a wide range of customized benefits such as guidance and advocacy around strategic issues and invitations to intimate roundtables with high level U.S. and African officials. For example, we host private roundtables with African heads of state, trade, and finance ministers as well as U.S. government officials from various agencies, and numerous other key leaders. Your company will also receive special consideration in driving our policy priorities and program of work throughout Africa.

General Membership Benefits:

• High-level government relations on priority issues (in Washington and across Africa).
• Opportunity to attend quarterly roundtables with an Ambassador and other private events with African and U.S. government officials.
• Introductions to potential partners in your sector.
• Opportunity to be the host for African government officials and ministers.
• Meetings and events with government officials, multi-lateral institutions, non-governmental organization officials, and other relevant parties.
• Private networking opportunities with U.S. businesses, government officials, and policy makers. Participation in bi-annual meetings.
• Access to members-only events, trade missions, and briefings.
• Regional and country specific news updates.
• Washington policy and political updates.
• Customized services tailored to your company’s interests.
• Advocacy on behalf of your company.
• Access to information regarding investment and trade opportunities in the U.S. and Africa.
• Regular procurement notifications for projects via the African Development Bank, Millennium Challenge Corporation, other international financing institutions, and African governments.
• Optional placement of company profile on the U.S. – Africa Trade Commission website.
• Find a job – A career center or online job board can help members search jobs and they can sign up for alerts when new postings are available.
• Find an employee – Hiring can be a very costly proposition for member businesses. Why not make it easier for them and facilitate the process by allowing them to post jobs on your site?