Geingob on month-long US visit

President Hage Geingob will leave for the United States tomorrow for the 71st United Nations General Assembly, which he is expected to address on 22 September.
According to a statement issued by the presidency, Geingob’s programme will include engagements with the North American business sector until his return on 4 October.
The president will also attend public lectures at the universities of Columbia, New York and Harvard’s Kennedy School in Boston.
“Some of the key themes that President Geingob will focus on relate to his vision of a new Africa with emphasis on transparency and effective governance reforms in Africa, development reforms, and constitutional democracy,” read the presidency statement.
Several bilateral meetings have been scheduled on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with the presidents of Guyana and Portugal expected to hold talks with Geingob in New York.
Leading Namibian business personalities and several ministers will accompany the head of state when he holds a series of meetings with American business people in Washington.
Geingob will be a featured speaker at the Constituency for Africa at a trade and investment roundtable in Washington on 14 September as well as the Africa Policy Forum the next day.
While in New York, the President will host the Namibia Business Forum on 22 September as a curtain raiser to the investment conference billed for Windhoek in November.
On 19 September, Geingob will attend the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting under the theme ‘Partnering for Global Prosperity’.
The ministers of international relations, finance, home affairs, energy, economic planning and trade will accompany the president to the US.

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