April 23, 2010
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9:00am - 10:30am
Category:
Seminar
Cost:
Free
Calendars: TechTown, Main Events Calendar
Audience: Alumni, Community, Current Graduate Students, Current Undergraduate Students, Faculty, Staff
Come learn about Senegal, the main portal of business in West Africa, with an exciting list of speakers sharing their knowledge of investment, trade and business opportunities, There will be speaker presentations, a Q&A session and networking.
The African Business Forum seeks to connect Michigan companies who wish to export to business opportunities in Africa. Each month the African Business Chamber of Commerce features a different country at this free forum that is open to the public.
Topics and speakers:
- About Senegal and Investment Opportunities; Honorable Peinda Guisse Dioum, Senior Chancellor to the Senegalese Consulate in New York and Former Adviser to the President of Senegal, President Wada.
- Financing International Business; Bruce Brogan, Vice President International Trade Finance at Fifth Third Bank
- Senegalese Businesses in Michigan; Alhousseynou Ba, Senegalese Association of Michigan Community Leader
- Q & A Session; Mr. Assane Niang, First Secretary, Embassy of Senegal, New York
- Eve Lerman, Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Commercial Service
For more information about the African Business Chamber of Commerce, visit http://www.abchamberofcommerce.org/.
For more information about this event, please contact Allison Lumb at (313) 879-4478 or allison@techtownwsu.org.