[2] While serving as a Senior Trade Advisor to US Congressman Charlie Rangel (Former Chairman of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee), Rosa was one of the key architects that crafted the historic African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which was enacted in 2000.

It has delivered, inter-alia, billions of dollars in duty free products from Africa into the US market annually while also generating jobs and investments across the Continent.

The Whitaker Group, based in Northern Va. and Accra, Ghana, advises clients on transactions and strategy for trade, investment, and project development across Africa.

Supporting the region’s creative economy, in 2017, TWG acquired shares and management control of Dominion TV – a Pan-African 24/7 television, entertainment and multimedia company that broadcast in 48 African countries on DStv, Africa’s largest satellite platform.

She is an expert on business, trade and investment in Africa in a variety of venues and has been a guest on broadcasts on ABC News,[6] CNN,[7] the BBC[8] and Bloomberg.