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Harris aims to boost U.S. ties in Africa

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will try to deepen and reframe U.S. relationships in Africa during a weeklong trip that is the latest and highest profile outreach by the Biden administration as it moves to portray the continent as a place for investment, not just aid packages.

Harris plans to visit Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia before she returns April 2 to Washington, focusing on economic development, climate change, food security and a rising youth population. She is scheduled to arrive today in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is traveling with her.

A centerpiece of Harris’ trip will be a speech in Accra and a visit to Cape Coast Castle, where enslaved Africans were once loaded onto ships for America.

Harris plans to visit a recording studio and meet with female entrepreneurs in Accra and stop by a tech incubator in Dar es Salaam. In Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, Harris is expected to meet with business and philanthropic leaders to talk about expanding access to digital and financial systems.

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