US aid chief Samantha Power meets with Agnes Kalibata and Akinwumi Adesina to advance development policy priorities of Biden-Harris administration in Africa

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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.

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The Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power on Wednesday met with Dr. Agnes Kalibata, President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and UN Food Systems Summit Special Envoy, and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, to advance development policy priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration in Africa.