Kwabena Osei sarpongthe founder and CEO of RIFE International, was appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) for a two-year term by US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on July 14, 2022. The PAC-DBIA was formed in 2014 to promote commercial interactions between the United States and Africa and to provide suggestions and analysis to the President of the United States through the Secretary of Commerce.

The PAC-DBIA will be a critical source of private sector input over the next two years, driving the Biden administration’s commitment to expanding and strengthening U.S. business relationships in Africa based on shared interests, support, and mutual respect and responsibility .

“I am honored to be appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Business Operations in Africa (PAC-DBIA) and look forward to applying my knowledge and experience to strengthen and expand the business relationship between the United States and Africa says Osei Sarpong.

Osei-Sarpong is a leader in pioneering energy efficiency and clean energy solutions in the United States, Africa and worldwide. Recognized as an “Inspiring Climate Trailblazer” by the Harvard Business School Climate Symposium, Osei-Sarpong has received multiple awards and recognition for his work in sustainability, including Apex Power 30 under 30, Washington Business Journal’s 40 under 40, Association of Energy Engineers – Energy Innovator of the Year, Maryland Business Adapts Award Honoree, Global Leadership Award in Customer Excellence – JCI, Top 100 MBE in the US, Radford University Outstanding Alumnus 2021, among others.

A savvy entrepreneur whose work impacts millions of people around the world, Osei-Sarpong and his team recently signed a $2 billion Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippines for the Clean Energy Demand Initiative (CEDI) and is in various stages of development and implementation of clean energy projects in…