WEST AFRICA INITIATIVES

In addition to its other initiatives, CEO also works to promote economic development in certain distressed communities in West Africa. 

Because of the historical relations between South Carolina and West Africa, CEO has a special focus on creating expanded economic, cultural, educational and social  linkages between the people of  South Carolina and the people of  West Africa.  Click here to read an article entitled "The South Carolina - West Africa Connection",  featured  in the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, "Business and Economic Review", that provides the rationale for these expanded linkages.  In furtherance of this effort to create expanded relationships between South Carolina and West Africa, CEO has created the West Africa Council of South Carolina, which is described below.

CEO is helping to encourage individuals in the US and members of the Africa Diaspora to join together to invest in viable projects in West Africa and other parts of the Africa Diaspora. 

Recognizing that education is a key component in developing economic opportunities, CEO has assisted South Carolina State University in securing a $3 million, USAID-funded grant to provide textbooks and learning materials for school children in Tanzania, a country in East Africa.