Tendai Kamhungira 
THE University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) is set to honour United States (US) companies that are operating businesses in Africa.
The inaugural US Business in Africa Awards (USBAA) will be held on October 28 at Hilton Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.
According to ACSUS deputy director Bob Wekesa, the initiative will “encourage and sustain a culture of responsible and good corporate citizenship by US corporates and entrepreneurs in Africa”.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a conference on October 29 to share knowledge on lessons learnt from the winning businesses.
“This will build a library of case studies of US businesses doing business in Africa to inform academic and intellectual programmes,” Wekesa said.
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