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USAID to Launch New Fund to Tap Into Private Sector’s Competitive Edge To Solve Global Challenges

  • January 18, 2023

At the World Economic Forum today, Administrator Samantha Power announced USAID will launch the Enterprises for Development, Growth, and Empowerment (EDGE) Fund, an innovative new fund designed to unlock and unleash outsized private sector impacts on global development challenges. USAID will work with Congress to provide $50 million for the fund, the first-of-its kind private sector partnership fund dedicated to launching partnerships that leverage business capabilities and influence commercial operations to advance development objectives. 

Administrator Samantha Power Meeting With Catholic Relief Services CEO Sean Callahan

  • August 2, 2022

The below is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Shejal Pulivarti:

United States Announces $15 Million For The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund

  • August 8, 2022

Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that it is providing $15 million to the United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

Administrator Samantha Power And Chef Tom Colicchio To Host A Twitter Spaces Discussion With Experts On The Hunger Crisis In The Horn Of Africa

  • August 31, 2022

Today, on August 31, 2022, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and Top Chef judge and food activist Tom Colicchio will host a Twitter Spaces discussion with USAID partners to examine the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa and the response to the ongoing historic drought. 

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen

  • July 12, 2022

Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, to discuss global food security and the historic drought in the Horn of Africa.

The United States Announces New Commitments to Respond to the Global Food Security Crisis

  • June 28, 2022

This week, during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany, President Joe Biden pledged $2.76 billion in additional U.S.

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with James Cleverly, UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office Minister for Europe and North America

  • April 2, 2022

Today, Administrator Power met with James Cleverly, Minister of State for Europe and North America of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO).

USAID Announces $400,000 for People Affected by Flooding in Republic of the Congo

  • February 2, 2022

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided approximately $400,000 in humanitarian assistance in Fiscal Year 2021 that is now being used to support populations affected by widespread flooding in the Republic of the Congo (RoC).

The United States Announces Additional $8 Million to Contain Ebola Outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo And Guinea

  • March 26, 2021

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $8 million in assistance to support the rapid response to the Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Guinea, and to strengthen Ebola preparedness in seven high-risk border countries across East Africa and West Africa (République de Côte D'Ivoire, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Mali, Republic of Rwanda, Republic of Senegal, Republic of Sierra Leone, and Republic of Uganda).

USAID Grant Signed to Create 2,000 New Jobs for Youth in the Apparel Industry

Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) signed a grant with Generation Program Kenya Limited, a local subsidiary of the McKinsey Social Initiative, to create 2,000 full-time jobs and provide over 100,000 hours in skills development for young people in the apparel industry.

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