Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. may have hosted only one African leader at the White House so far since his inauguration on January 20, 2021, but he is committed to “advancing the most ambitious agenda to reinvigorate our longstanding partnership across the continent,” a senior administration official told Today News Africa on Tuesday.