Press Releases

Press releases are listed by date from most recent to oldest.

September 28, 2022

Sec. Blinken Hosts President Chakwera to Sign $350M Infrastructure Grant

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted the President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera to sign the $350 million Malawi Transport and Land Compact.

April 25, 2022

Global Leaders Agree: Infrastructure Investment is Critical to Delivering Inclusive, Sustainable Economic Growth

MCC hosted an hour-long panel discussion with public and private leaders focusing on the catalytic infrastructure initiative announced by President Biden at the Carbis Bay G7 Summit last year.

December 15, 2021

MCC’s Board Selects Belize, Zambia for Grant Assistance

MCC's Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting yesterday and selected Belize and Zambia as newly eligible to develop MCC compacts.

July 27, 2021

MCC Commits More Than $1 Billion in New Programs for Africa

The commitment underscores the agency’s work to support the infrastructure needs of countries through grant financing and policy reforms.

December 16, 2020

MCC Board of Directors Selects New Countries for Grant Assistance Programs

At its quarterly meeting on December 15, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors met to select countries eligible for MCC assistance, which is designed to spur economic growth and reduce poverty.

December 9, 2019

MCC Board of Directors Selects Mozambique for New Compact, Kenya for New Threshold Program

At its quarterly meeting on December 9, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors met to select countries eligible for MCC assistance, which is designed to spur economic growth and reduce poverty.

June 18, 2019

Readout from MCC Board of Directors June 2019 Quarterly Meeting

At its quarterly meeting, the MCC Board of Directors received an update on agency operations and was presented with preliminary results from the recently completed Malawi and Zambia Compacts.

December 12, 2018

MCC Board of Directors Selects New Bilateral Compacts, Threshold Programs, Eligible Countries for Concurrent Compacts

At its quarterly meeting, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors met to select countries eligible for MCC assistance, which is designed to spur economic growth and reduce poverty.

October 31, 2018

MCC Celebrates the Closeout of the Five-year, $350 Million Malawi Compact

MCC Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary Jeanne Hauch today marked the closeout of the MCC Malawi Compact.

February 14, 2018

Millennium Challenge Account of Malawi Awards Competitive Tender to U.S. Firm

The MCA-Malawi, the entity implementing a $350.7 million compact between the Government of Malawi and MCC, announced this week that it awarded Ellicott Dredges LLC, of of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, a $7 million competitively tendered contract.