A.
Wilbur Ross is U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
B.
The four-nation visit included stops in Ethiopia, Kenya, Côte D'Ivoire and Ghana.
C.
Secretary Ross signed a memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Finance to deepen the commercial partnership between the two nations in Ghana.
D.
The Advisory Council members expect to quickly conclude more than 2 billion dollars in additional deals in the coming days.
E.
On previous stops, Under Secretary of Commerce Gilbert Kaplan signed cooperative agreements with the Ethiopian and Kenyan governments.
F.
In Ghana, Secretary Ross led the U.S. delegation in meetings wit the presidents of the four sub-Saharan African nations.