Sentence examples for commitment to the continent from inspiring English sources

She also follows Yale's efforts to prioritize and expand its commitment to the continent.

His commitment to the continent was so great that in World War II he joined the Ethiopian Army, splitting his time between archaeology and war.

A mix of Foreign Legionnaires, special forces and regular soldiers, it is France's largest deployment in Africa in two decades, and it is testing the longstanding French commitment to the continent.

Grant created to encourage African citizens with a commitment to the continent's development to pursue an MBA at Stanford.

Mr Mbeki's other ambition has been to persuade Africa to set up its own institutions and mechanisms for solving its problems, thus ending the constant, humiliating requests for aid to the West's former colonial powers.Mr Mbeki has led South African interventions all over the continent to prove his country's African-ness and show its commitment to the continent's problems.

During his state visit to Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Nigeria and Chad he met with heads of state and the African Union, and spoke on several occasions to stress America's commitment to the continent.

After Google opened its Launchpad Accelerator to African startups in March, Pichai inaugurated a new Launchpad Space in Lagos with fresh commitments to the continent's startups.

Grevemberg said: "We are disappointed but it does not diminish our commitment to the African continent.

A main goal of the summit is to strengthen ties between the United States and Africa, and to "highlight the depth and breadth of the United States' commitment to the African continent".

Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, said this sent "a very positive message that both political parties in the United States share a commitment to this continent".

Pushed into action by civil war in Greece in 1947, he launched America into an unprecedented peacetime commitment to save the continent.