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Whereas, in fiscal year 2020, the USADF awarded 35 AWE 
grants in 8 countries to help African women break down 
barriers they disproportionally face in accessing capital, 
markets, networks, and mentorship so they can succeed 
as entrepreneurs; 
Whereas the USADF prioritizes partnerships with youth and 
supports nearly 300 social enterprises of Young African 
Leaders Initiative fellows and alumni of that initiative in 
37 sub-Saharan African countries by providing seed cap-
ital, technical assistance, and skills training to help 
young entrepreneurs create businesses that generate new 
jobs and incomes for thousands of young Africans; 
Whereas the work of the USADF in the off-grid energy sec-
tor, which is authorized under the Electrify Africa Act of 
2015 (22 U.S.C. 2293 note), has helped bring renewable 
energy solutions to communities with limited or no con-
nections to national power grids and improve energy ac-
cess for nearly 370,000 individuals in 15 sub-Saharan 
African countries; 
Whereas the USADF’s model of using 100-percent African 
staff and implementing partners based on the African 
Continent gives the USADF the ability to work in fragile 
and conflict-affected areas such as in the Great Lakes, 
Horn, and Sahel regions of Africa, and elsewhere; 
Whereas the small size of the USADF and the use of local 
implementing partners by the USADF has allowed the 
USADF to be ranked as one of the most efficient pro-
viders of foreign aid by the Center for Global Develop-
ment; 
Whereas the partnerships of the USADF with agencies of the 
Federal Government, including the Department of State, 
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the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the United 
States Agency for International Development, along with 
the alignment of the USADF with the priorities of Con-
gress, have allowed the USADF to extend the reach of 
critical development initiatives of the United States, such 
as initiatives authorized by the Global Food Security Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9301 et seq.), the Electrify Africa 
Act of 2015 (22 U.S.C. 2293 note), and the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act and Millennium Challenge 
Act Modernization Act (Public Law 115–167; 132 Stat. 
1276); 
Whereas the partnerships between the USADF and private 
sector corporations and foundations, as well as African 
national and subnational governments, have allowed the 
USADF to extend its reach and development impact in 
addressing food insecurity, insufficient access to energy, 
and unemployment through youth and women entrepre-
neurship and job skills training and placement in Africa, 
while leveraging funding to help the dollars of taxpayers 
in the United States go further; and 
Whereas investments made by the USADF have developed 
and strengthened an extensive network of grassroots en-
terprises and social enterprises that are positively dis-
posed to the United States and are better positioned to 
partner with other Federal agencies and public and pri-
vate funders: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the continued work of the United 
States African Development Foundation as it creates 
pathways to prosperity for underserved communities 
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on the African Continent through community-led de-
velopment; 
(2) recognizes that, by supporting African-led 
development that grows community enterprises, the 
United States African Development Foundation em-
powers individuals who are underserved by or lack 
connectivity to existing markets or assistance pro-
grams to become a part of the growth story of Afri-
ca; 
(3) recognizes that the United States African 
Development Foundation advances the foreign policy 
of the Federal Government and contributes directly 
to the national interests of the United States; and 
(4) commits to continue to support the vital 
work of the United States African Development 
Foundation as an independent agency. 
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