CCA performs the following services for its members:

The Meetings Program - CCA regularly holds programs and seminars with visiting African Ministers, members of the African private sector, U.S. Administration officials, members of Congress, US and African Ambassadors, and representatives of various multilateral agencies. CCA coordinates special private meetings for member corporations with senior African and US government leaders. During the past year, 34 African heads of state, including the leaders of South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Kenya, and Angola met with CCA members.

Policy Advocacy - With the goal of championing the role of the private sector in Africa's economic development, CCA works to stimulate dialogue on key African Affairs issues, and strengthen the voice of its members with important US and African policy makers. CCA liases with key Administration and Congressional offices on issues of interest to members, and closely monitors initiatives that impact African commercial relations. CCA played an integral role in the final passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. It worked very closely with the White House and State Department in planning the business/commercial component of President Clinton's August 2000 trip to Nigeria.

Working Groups - CCA offers its members selected country, regional and sectoral working groups related to topics of particular interest to CCA members. The working groups provide a forum for members to discuss policy issues that affect the investment and business climate in Africa. These groups also seek to educate senior African and American policy makers on issues of concern to the business community.

Angola Working Group

Equatorial Guinea Working Group

Nigeria Working Group

The Corporate Council on Africa Infrastructure and Security Development Initiative - CCA’s Infrastructure and Security Development Initiative helps CCA members identify and obtain the best investment opportunities in the infrastructure and security sectors in Africa.
With infrastructure development needs in Africa increasing at a rapid pace, American companies are becoming more and more engaged in investment opportunities in the sector. There are profitable opportunities for investment in infrastructure—a sector in which American companies can effectively compete—in Africa. The success of infrastructure investments relies heavily on the level of security and political stability. The initiative helps American companies involved in the infrastructure sector in Africa address security risks and take advantage of opportunities in the infrastructure sector.
The initiative organizes sector-specific working groups as information sharing events for CCA members, drawing on guest speakers and the experience and expertise of member companies to address infrastructure and security issues impacting business operations on the African continent.
CCA’s Infrastructure Working Group is open to all CCA members and is responsible for planning CCA’s U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference and for monitoring issues and opportunities in Africa on a monthly basis. The working group interacts with African governments’ infrastructure ministers and U.S. government officials. The group also helps create public-private investment opportunities for other CCA members.
CCA’s Security Working Group is open to all CCA members and focuses on issues affecting American companies’ ability to conduct business in Africa. The working group covers a range of issues, that require attention by any American company doing business in Africa. These issues include security from crime, food and health security, local content, social corporate responsibility and AFRICOM. The group also focuses on security-related contracts available through other companies or through governments.

For more information visit africacncl.org or contact CCA’s Vice-President of Programs, Amb. Robert Perry, at (202) 835-1115 or

Doing Business in Africa Forums - Each year CCA organizes a series of activities across the US to introduce American companies to the opportunities that exist to do business in Africa. CCA collaborates with African embassies, CCA members, and local state and city government agencies to highlight the business opportunities available for US companies in Africa.

Information Services - CCA publishes in-depth Country Profiles, investment guides to individual African countries. Comprehensive resource guides to business in Africa also provide overviews and essential contact information for potential investment and business opportunities across the continent. CCA issues monthly reports that provide members with up-to-date news by region.

On-Demand Research - is undertaken by CCA staff for members to help identify potential partnerships and business opportunities in Africa.

U.S.-Africa Business Development Programs - CCA assists its members identify business contacts and trade leads in Africa.  At the request of its members, CCA organizes trade missions to Africa and supports reverse trade missions from Africa to the US.

The Corporate Council on Africa Agribusiness Initiatives - The Corporate Council on Africa’s Agribusiness Initiatives Program galvanizes U.S. agribusiness investment and trade with Africa; increases the contribution that agriculture, agribusiness, and related activities make towards economic growth in Africa; and assists the private sector in commercializing best practices developed by philanthropic and world research organizations.
A majority of African workers are employed by the agriculture sector. As the 53 countries of Africa develop further, agriculture will transition from subsistence farming to a portfolio of agribusiness value-chains, including traditional food-oriented agriculture in grains and livestock and industrial value-chains such as biofuel and pharmaceuticals. Growing commodity markets, carbon markets, the agro-forestry industry, organic flora and horticultural food production all provide a stable platform for agribusiness investment and trade with Africa.
U.S. agribusiness companies and organizations are operating in increasingly global markets, bringing a wider portfolio of goods to the U.S. domestic market, and improving bottom-line business performance. Investments in technology for production, manufacturing, and testing for grades and standards in Africa’s 53 countries helps U.S. companies and institutions achieve a competitive edge in the world wide agribusiness sector.
The initiative also works to support African Union efforts to promote public-private partnerships and its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). The initiative was launched in 2006 with funding from the United States Agency for International Development.

For more information, visit www.africa-agribiz-ppp.com or contact CCA at (202) 835-1115.
 

The Corporate Council on Africa HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative - CCA’s HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative works with U.S. corporations to provide HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment to Africa-based workforces and encourages private sector leadership in the response to HIV in Africa and its negative effect on economic growth. It also promotes private sector leadership in responding to health and healthcare delivery requirements in Africa.

The initiative provides technical assistance to national business coalitions, and advocates for corporate leadership in health through the development of public-private partnerships, including market-based and corporate social responsibility portfolios. Through the initiative, CCA works in collaboration with The World Bank, The World Economic Forum, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), UNAIDS, the ILO, PharmAccess and The Global Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC), and provides technical assistance and networking opportunities to CCA members and to the business sector in Africa.

The CCA HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative, which was launched in 2003 with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, partners with the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) and the Global Development Alliance (GDA) to help develop public-private partnerships and to strengthen healthcare infrastructure and service delivery in Africa. CCA also partners with the Institute of Global Health and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and the Global Healthcare Workforce Alliance (GHWA), a partnership administered by the WHO, to examine the role of the private sector in addressing the healthcare workforce capacity crisis. The research is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the GHWA.

CCA’s HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative Advisory Committee, which enhances CCA member participation in the initiative, is composed of representatives from the extraction, agriculture and bio-technology industries, strategic information, pharmaceutical, and technology companies, healthcare organizations and international health NGOs. The initiative also benefits from guidance from ex-officio members of the Advisory Committee including The World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, USAID, and the Office of The Global AIDS Coordinator.

For more information, visit africacncl.org or contact CCA’s Manager of the HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative, Elizabeth Bachini at (202) 835-1115 or
 

The South African International Business Linkages (SAIBL) program - The SAIBL program is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve bilateral trade between South Africa and the United States and increase the competitiveness of small to medium-sized (SME) South African companies. Through this program, CCA assists its members in the following ways:

• Facilitates business linkages between U.S. and SME South African companies;
• Assists companies navigate the South African private sector environment;
• Supports U.S. companies with investments and joint ventures in South Africa;
• Engages the South African private sector and government on issues and challenges relevant to foreign direct investment and trade;
• Provides an understanding of AGOA related benefits to importing from South Africa and key South African legislation such as Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE).

For more information, visit africacncl.org or contact CCA’s Director of the SAIBL program, Haben Berhe at (202) 835-1115 or