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DFC Co-Hosts U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum with U.S. Chamber of Commerce

On April 16, 2026, DFC co-hosted the U.S.-Ukraine Partnership Forum with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to advance Ukraine reconstruction, recovery, and modernization efforts. DFC CEO Ben Black, Chief of Staff Conor Coleman, and Associate General Counsel Jonathan Taylor spoke at the forum, discussing the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF), which has reviewed over 200 investment submissions in sectors including energy, infrastructure, emerging technology, and critical minerals. A recent URIF investment in Sine Engineering, a GPS/navigation/counter-drone technology company, was highlighted as an example of dual-use tech critical to both Ukraine's economic growth and U.S. allied security.

DFC CEO Ben Black Highlights Africa's Strategic Economic Promise at Atlantic Council Forum

DFC CEO Ben Black delivered the opening keynote at the Atlantic Council's 'Investing in Africa Forum' on April 16, 2026, on the margins of the 2026 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. Black underscored Africa's central role in future global economic growth, citing the continent's expanding markets, workforce, consumer bases, and vast reserves of critical minerals including cobalt, lithium, titanium, and graphite. The speech outlined DFC's strategic approach to investing in energy, technology, infrastructure, logistics, healthcare, and financial services across Africa as part of U.S. economic statecraft to counter geopolitical competitors.

Ben Black: American Economic Statecraft Returns

DFC CEO Ben Black delivered a keynote address at the Council on Foreign Relations' 2026 Endless Frontiers forum in Austin, Texas, outlining his vision for the agency post-reauthorization. Black discussed the resurrection of American economic statecraft and DFC's expanded $205 billion investment capacity for debt, equity, and insurance across the capital stack. The address emphasized DFC's new mandate to mobilize private capital toward building holistic economic ecosystems anchored to U.S. capital markets in regions vital to strategic competition, including the Western Hemisphere, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa.