Ivanka Trump In Addis Ababa For Women’s Economic Summit

Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, who serves as an advisor to the President, is in Africa for a Women’s Economic Summit. She landed in Addis Ababa yesterday evening and will be focusing on women’s economic inclusion and empowerment.

Alongside a summit at the African Union, she will also meet with female workers in the coffee industry and tour a female run textile factory in the capital,

The trip is part of a National Security Presidential Memorandum that Trump signed in February which established the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity initiative.

President Trump’s relationship with the continent has been somewhat controversial with the outspoken President making a number of unfavourable remarks about Africa since coming into office.

One Ethiopian journalist noted that many are not feeling positive about her visit, however Marakle Tesfaye, an Ethiopian activist, noted that her trip would empower women and forward the female agenda.