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Remarks by the president on a new beginning
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt

PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Thank you very much.  Good afternoon.  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions.  For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning; and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.  And together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.  I'm grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt.  And I'm also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country:  Assalaamu alaykum. (Applause.) (More)

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Zambian videographer Chansa Tembo receives a phone call about his winning Democracy Video Challenge entry.
Zambian videographer Chansa Tembo receives a phone call about his winning Democracy Video Challenge entry..

Zambian Videographer Represents Africa in Democracy Video Contest
“Fruit smoothie” is metaphor for diversity, democracy

Lusaka, Zambia — Countless books have been written and countless speeches given that try to explain democracy: what it is and what it means. For a videographer from Zambia, democracy could be boiled down to two words: “fruit smoothie.”

Those two words led to a video contest victory for Chansa Tembo, who will travel to the United States in September as the Africa region’s winner of the “Democracy Video Challenge.” (more)



African Countries Must Compete for Investment Capital
Report says many see Africa as world’s ”last frontier” for economic growth

Washington — Africa faces competition for U.S. investment capital in a highly competitive global marketplace, but the continent also is seen by many American business executives as a market that cannot be ignored — the “last frontier for growth.” (more)

Ambassador Carson Optimistic About Africa’s Long-term Future
Assistant secretary-designate Carson testifies before United States Senate

Washington — Africa is “enormously important” to the United States, and while the continent has recorded advances in democracy and governance, economic development and the resolution of violent conflicts, more progress must be made, as “the greatest moments in Africa’s long history have not yet been written,” Ambassador Johnnie Carson told a Senate committee April 29. (more)

PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION HOSTS U.S. SPEAKERS

Through the Department of State's U.S. Speakers Program, Embassy Kampala's Public Affairs Section hosted two dynamic speakers in late February/early March 2009. 

Steve Wymer, co-founder of Tarant & Wymer Leadership Group, is an expert on strategic communications, political campaigns and elections.  He visited Uganda from February 24-27 to speak about "Civic Responsibility and Youth Engagement." (More)
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