The Whitaker Group (TWG) is the premier strategic consulting firm in the US committed to creating sustainable prosperity in Africa. We are a mission-driven organization that believes in the capacity of Africa and her people to meet the challenges of the 21st century. We build partnerships between people, governments and the private sector to bring trade and investment to Africa. We advocate for greater integration of Africa into the global economy, and we seek innovative and practical ways to maximize public-private partnerships to build sustainable economic development and drive job creation across the continent. Since its inception in 2003, The Whitaker Group has facilitated more than $1 billion in trade and capital flows to Africa.
Our large and diverse client base includes African governments and global corporations with interests in Africa. We provide strategic counsel, facilitate trade and investment linkages, and execute major initiatives that bring together the private sector, African governments, NGOs and the global advocacy community to advance African development. In addition, we build strategic alliances with industry experts, the donor community and the World Bank and global fund managers to identify opportunities and access the capital and expertise essential to success.
In the US, TWG uses its position at the center of the business-government-NGO nexus to advocate for a strong and beneficial trade and investment relationship between the US and Africa. As one of the primary architects of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), TWG’s President and CEO, Rosa Whitaker, has been a leading force in ensuring that AGOA remains strong and relevant in the constantly changing global market and delivers increase trade and investment to Africa. She is the founder and co-chair, with former Congressman Jack Kemp, of the AGOA Action Committee, a national coalition of US business and civil society leaders working to strengthen trade and investment through AGOA.
Given its record of generating tangible bottom-line results for its clients, TWG is increasingly being called upon to bring its diverse services and expertise to assist corporations to effectively address challenges both within the United States and in the continent.
