On 19 April 2024, Austin Cooper Jr, Director of Government Affairs at The Africa-America Institute, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Wendall Jones, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the United States.

On 19 April 2024, Austin Cooper Jr, Director of Government Affairs at The Africa-America Institute, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Wendall Jones, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the United States. O They discussed the upcoming 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM) and the third edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) that The Bahamas will host in Nassau, The Bahamas, from 12 – 14 June 2024. Additionally, they talked about a sideline event hosted by the AfriCaribbean Diaspora Alliance Symposium, Accelerating Trade, Investment, and Job Growth in Africa and the Caribbean Through Sports Business Ecosystem, scheduled for 11 June 2024.