Focus On Women In US-Africa Partnership | General News

There is a focus on empowering women at the US-African Leaders Summit which concludes on Thursday.

In a published document outlining a partnership between the two regions, a project called Accelerating Women's Empowerment in Energy was announced.

It will initially invest $1m (£810,000) "to help secure women's economic futures through green jobs, with a focus on Kenya and South Africa," the White House says.

"The program will provide grants to local organizations to address barriers to women's entry, promotion, and retention in the clean energy sector and increase women's participation in the clean energy workforce," a statement from Washington continued.

Dozens of leaders from the continent are currently in Washington for the event - the first such hosted in eight years.

The summit is seen as a US attempt to re-assert its influence in Africa to counter Chinese involvement