Witney Schneidman

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai addresses the Geneva Graduate Institute on the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the global economy and U.S. policy priorities ahead of the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

How the Biden administration can make AGOA more effective

Witney Schneidman, Kate McNulty, and Natalie Dicharry

Monday, November 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A customer holds a 3G prepaid sim card after buying the service from an Ethio-Telecom shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Ethiopia, human rights, and the internet

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Biden, democracy, and Africa

Witney Schneidman

Friday, January 22, 2021

Flags of Kenya and the United States

The US and Kenya launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. Will they succeed?

Witney Schneidman and Brionne Dawson

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House Summit on Human Trafficking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Can an investment summit save Trump’s Africa policy?

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Election workers start the counting of ballots during the second round of Guinea Bissau's presidential election in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Support for governance in Africa will level the playing field for US commercial engagement with the region

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Can the US and Africa prosper together?

Witney Schneidman and Jay Ireland

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Guests sing as they arrive for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as President, at Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC17E4818CD0

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Workers sew clothes inside the Indochine Apparel PLC textile factory in Hawassa Industrial Park in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region, Ethiopia November 17, 2017. Picture taken November 17, 2017.REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC15A6463860

Ethiopia: Africa’s next powerhouse?

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara talks with Eropean Council President Donald Tusk during the closing session of the 5th African Union - European Union (AU-EU) summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC1B6F41CF00

Is the US keeping pace in Africa?

Witney Schneidman

Monday, March 4, 2019