The gathering, which is making headlines, even in new outlets that pay Africa scant attention, will disrupt major traffic all week, especially near the Washington Convention Center where top-level session are taking place with both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris scheduled to take part. Biden will host African heads-of-state and government at a White House dinner Wednesady evening.
Pre-summit events on Monday include a Peace, Trade, and Youth seminar at George Washington University, a Civil Society Forum, African Human Rights Leaders Summit, the Semafor Africa Summit, a panel examining Just Energy Transitions at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. and 'Technology Driven Africa - Advancing the Digitalization Agenda,' hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa.