In Senegal, Yellen talks about future of US-Africa relations

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Senegal with a message about the future of U.S.-Africa relations. Yellen later will visit Zambia and South Africa on her 10-day trip. Yellen’s biggest speech came Friday at a business incubator and co-working space in Senegal’s capital that provides credit and technical assistance to young and female entrepreneurs. Yellen shared a wide-ranging vision of Africa’s potential business ventures with the U.S. and how the U.S. has already invested in the continent. In South Africa, Yellen will tour a Ford assembly plant to showcase successful examples of U.S.-Africa economic relations. Yellen says China needs to provide meaningful debt relief and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has hurt Africa’s economy.