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Coordinator:
LaSandra Stratton
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Africa Trade Pavilion & Africa-USA
Trade Conference
Los Angeles Black Business Expo &
Trade Show
October 28-30, 2005 Los Angeles
Convention Center
The Africa Trade Pavilion is an
exciting cluster of booths featuring several nations of Africa
offering information and demonstrations along with trade and
investment opportunities. The participating nations for 2005 are
Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. Each nation
is distinctively different and offers a wide variety of trade,
investment, retail and tourism opportunities (see profiles
below). The booths may be visited over the three-day exposition
along with all the other 400+ exhibitors, demonstrators, and
performers between noon and 8PM.
The AFRICA USA TRADE CONFERENCE
will take place on Saturday between 10 am and 4 pm in Room 309
on the mezzanine level of the South Hall (Tom Bradley Hall).
The AfUSA Tri-Lateral Trade and Investment
Conference will focus on the process of debt elimination for the
53 nation states of Africa, how this process will be conducted,
and the impact it will have on Africa’s current efforts to
develop its nation’s economies. The conference will also provide
information regarding Africa’s current business and investment
opportunities, strategies and procedures. For detailed
information contact the Africa-USA International Chamber of
Commerce at 213-627-0178.
There will be a special session on
Sunday morning from 11 am to 2 pm hosted by the United
African Federation and the Consulate General of the Republic of
Kenya to discuss the role of tourism in opening Africa to both
the tourist community and the investor community. “The Road
Home: Africa as a Tourism Destination and Investment
Opportunity” will be held in Room 306B on the mezzanine level of
the South Hall (Tom Bradley Hall). Confirmed discussants include
representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia,
Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. For detailed information and
to RSVP contact the United African Federation at 213-840-9600 or
africanfed@earthlink.net. A light repast will be served
including Kenyan tea and coffee. Admission is free.
National
& Pavilion Booth Profiles:
Embassy
of Botswana
Booth: 461 www.gov.bw
Independent since 1966
Ratings: Middle Income Nation S&P: A
long term debt P1 short term debt
Exports: Largest exporter of diamonds in the world;
major exporter of beef to EEC;
Other exports: vehicles, spare parts,
copper, nickel, hides & skins
Tenders: Website design, development & implementation
for Parliament of Botswana; Replacement of computer equipment;
Supply computer equipment to Dept. of Education; PC-based
training; Server upgrade for Ministry of Management; Supplies
for Radio Communications System; Supply PCs, printers, other
computer equipment and training; Supply books for libraries;
E-learning supports and consultancy; System analysis and design;
HIV/AIDS research; Airport design analysis
Review: Vision 2016 (details
at www.gov.bw)
Los
Angeles: Honorable William B. Rudell, Honorary Consul of
Botswana, 355 S. Grand Avenue, 40th Floor, Los
Angeles, CA 90071 213-626-8484
Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Booth:
www.ethiopianembassy.org
Independent for over 2,000 years
Exports: Coffee, tea, hides, skins and leather
products, textile & garments, cereal, oilseeds, meat products,
cattle, fruits & vegetables, cut flowers, spices, civet,
beverages, beeswax, gall-stone, fish, natural gum, gold,
platinum, marble, granite, tantalum, copper, lead, zinc, silver,
gypsum, limestone, quartz, pyrite
Imports: Aircraft, motor vehicles; agricultural &
industrial machinery, spare parts, equipment, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, food products, garments &
footwear, building materials
US
Firms in Ethiopia: Ford, Coca Cola, Cummins Engines, IBM,
Boeing, Ernst & Young, Hunt Oil Company, Eveready Batteries,
UPS, Hilton Hotels, MCI, Pepsi Cola, Airborne Express
Los
Angeles: Honorable Taye Atske-Selassie, Consul General,
Consulate General of Ethiopia, 3460 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 308,
Los Angeles, CA 90010 213-365-6651
Republic
of Kenya
Booth:
/kenyaembassy.com
Independent since 1963
Investment Industry Sectors: Dairy, Fishery, Gemstones &
Jewelry, Grain Production, Horticulture (fruits, vegetables,
flowers), Apparel & Textiles, Information & Communication
Technology (includes Postal Services), Pharmaceutical, Pyrethium,
Sisal, Sugar, Meat Production, Tea & Coffee, Beer, Vegetable
Oil, Wood & Wood Products, Tourism
Los
Angeles: Honorable Mary Kamau, Consul General of Kenya, Park
Mile Plaza, Mezzanine Floor, 4801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,
CA 90010 323-939-2408
Republic
of South Africa
Booth 458
www.link2southafrica.com
Ratings: Middle Income Nation S&P: A-3 short term
debt Duff & Phelps: BBB+ long term debt
Exports: Nonferrous metals, iron, steel, and
nonmetallic minerals, apparel & footwear, wood & paper products,
hides and skins, fruits & vegetables, leather products, live
animals, dairy, horticulture, beverages, tobacco, plastics,
nuclear reactors, tools, vehicles & parts
Imports: Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals,
electronic and telecommunications equipment, foods,
pharmaceutical and medicinal products, coffee & tea, spices,
cereals, sugars & confections, cocoa, salt, cement, fertilizers,
airport retailing, franchises, tourism, computers & software,
rail equipment, giftware
Los
Angeles: Honorable Jeanette T. Ndhlovu, Consul General of
South Africa, 6300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 6000, Los Angeles, CA
90048 323-651-0902
Republic
of Uganda
Booth:
www.ugandainfo.co.ug
Exports: Coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, fruits &
vegetable, spices, cut flowers, oilseeds, cereals, live animals,
fish, honey & beeswax, processed foods, textiles, clothing &
footwear, leather, paper products, chemicals, plastics,
pharmaceuticals, cement, wood products, metal products, vehicle
parts, minerals, handicrafts, jewelry
Events: November 18, 2005 – Africa
Statistics Day: With support from the African Development
Bank, it is planned that this year the Statistics day will be
collectively celebrated to enable Heads of National Statistical
Offices from 52 African countries to rethink statistics to
better respond to development challenges in Africa in the 21st
century. This will be the first time the celebrations will be
done collectively. In addition there will be a workshop for
National Coordinators of the International Comparisons Programme
from all over Africa. Uganda has offered to host this year's
celebrations in its capital city, Kampala under the theme
"The 2010 Round of Censuses: An Opportunity to Improve
Statistical Information for Monitoring Africa’s Development
Agenda."
Los
Angeles: Abbey Walusimbi, 3700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1010,
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213-840-9600
Afro-JimKam
Global
Booth: 357
Caribbean, African Imports/Export
Los
Angeles: Jimoh, 310-521-0203
African
Gift Shop
Booth: 359
Caribbean, African Imports/Export
Los
Angeles: Jimoh, 310-521-0203
Information on the Africa-USA International
Chamber of Commerce conference that will be held
during the Business Institute.
CONFERENCE
Saturday 10am-4pm Room 309
(Seminar Rooms)
Africa-USA
Tri-Lateral Trade and Investment Conference
Our conference theme for this year -
“Africa
Trade Not Aide”
– is inspired by the recent G8 Economic
Conference decision to begin the process of debt
elimination for the 53 nation states of Africa.
The public must be educated as to how this
process will be conducted and the impact it will
have on each nation’s current efforts to develop
a national economy. The conference will also
provide a forum for educating the public
regarding current investment opportunities,
strategies and procedures. The concurrent
African Trade
Pavilion will provide an additional
opportunity to educate the public on Africa’s
products, services and investment opportunities,
promote tourism, and project a positive image of
the continent to the trade and business sectors
and the people of Southern California.
AfUSA
will also use this conference to announce the
establishment of the
“Africa-USA
Prize for Leadership”© award. This
program will be launched as an ongoing effort to
monitor Africa’s compliance with the G8’s
requirements for debt relief which include:
1.
Leadership & Fiscal Accountability
2.
Transparency and the Elimination of Corruption
3.
Human Rights Protection and Enforcement
4.
Economic Development & Reconstruction
5.
Environmental & Public Health
6.
The Alleviation of Poverty via Job Creation
7.
Technology and Capacity Building
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 Africa
USA
660
South Figueroa Street, Suite
1110
Los
Angeles, CA 90017
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213-627-0178
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626-794-9520
www.africa-usa.org
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