Trade relations between the United States (US) and Africa have declined significantly in the last few years. Many of the fastest growing economies in the world are in Sub Saharan Africa -but the region has become less of a priority for the US.
“Donald Trump has total disregard for Africa, he hasn’t travelled here and if he was re-elected I doubt he’d visit the continent. He figures this isn’t worth his attention,” said Professor John Stremlau, an international relations lecturer at Witwatersrand University.