Africans Excited but Nervous Ahead of Trump’s 2nd Term

Many Africans say President-elect Donald Trump is a man they can do business with, despite his tougher approach.

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) walks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on the White House colonnade as they make their way to the Oval Office on Feb. 6, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

JOHANNESBURG—Africa is set to feature “quite prominently” on the agenda of the second Trump administration, according to Ronak Gopaldas, an analyst for the Signal Risk firm in Cape Town, South Africa.

“There was a sense that Trump ignored Africa during his first term, but the world has changed a lot since then,” Gopaldas told The Epoch Times.