President Hage Geingob has left for Freetown, Sierra Leone en route to the US to attend the  US-African Leadership Summit.
The Head of State will make a stopover in Freetown at the invitation of his Sierra Leone counterpart, Julius Maada Bio.

The Head of State is leading a delegation comprising senior government officials and private sector representatives at the invitation of President Joe Biden, slated to take place from the 13th to the 15 of this month.

The Summit aims to build on shared values to better foster new economic engagement; reinforce the US-Africa commitment to democracy and human rights and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 as well as combat future pandemics.

It further plans to work collaboratively to strengthen regional and global health, promote food security, advance peace and security, respond to the climate crisis and strengthen foreign relations.

Namibia has long-standing relations with the United States, including policy agreements under the African Growth and Opportunity, through which the country has duty-free access to the U.S. market. 

The US-Africa Summit provides an excellent opportunity for emerging economies such as Namibia to strengthen existing bilateral relations, mobilize investments to drive industrialization, and enable the country to address unemployment and economic imbalances. 

At the summit President Geingob will deliver his statement under the topic: "Digital Connectivity: Empowering the Next Generation of Inclusive Growth," on 14 December 2022.

On the margins of the U.S.-Africa Summit, President Geingob will attend the Semafor Africa Summit, which brings together African and American leaders, business chiefs, innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders of civil society for discussions on topics including regional and global economic priorities, technology, health, climate, and sustainable progress across the continent.