This non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is jointly signed by the Government of Liberia (GOL), acting through its Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy (MLME), and the Government of the United States of America ("USG"), acting through the Office of the Coordinator of Power Africa and Trade Africa and the United States Ambassador in Liberia. U.S. President Barack Obama launched the Power Africa initiative (Power Africa) on June 30, 2013. As appropriate in each country context, Power Africa draws on the tools and resources of multiple USG agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State (State), the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the ExportImp01t Bank of the United States (EXIM), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Department of Commerce (DOC), the Depa1tment of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) to partner with the private and public sectors to increase significantly the amount of electricity available in sub-Saharan Africa.