Bridge to Africa economic summit slated for May 21

High-profile experts and business leaders from Africa and U.S will converge at this year’s “Bridge to Africa Economic Summit” in New York in the United States of America to explore investment avenues in both continents.

The two-day summit is expected to bring participants up to speed with the latest trends in various industries and markets.

This summit will benefit members of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) as the association will become a partner with the National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as well as the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

To ensure the success of the event, Mr Kojo Ampah Sahara, CEO of ADEPA Africa Investments has held discussions with major players in the United States. He described them as very useful.

During his meeting with Mr. Frank Garcia, Chairman, National Hispanic chamber of commerce who, traced the history of the Hispanic /Latino people to Africa and expressed his joy for the opportunity presented him and his organization to work to bridge the gap between Africa and the Hispanic community.

He invited Adepa Investments Ltd and AGI to their upcoming event in April at Columbia and pledged his total support in the partnership arrangement to ensure a successful summit in May.

He also visited Mayor Richard Thomas of the City of Mount Vernon, New York who thanked Ghana for once again choosing his city as a conduit to further enhance Ghana -USA cooperation in General. He promised to engage Westchester county and also the New York State Chamber of Commerce to bring them on board the project.

The event will bring together under one roof investors, trade experts, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, industrialists of all shades (Small and Medium Scale) to network, market their businesses and brainstorm on the way forward.

The mission is billed as an annual program that brings investors and business communities from Africa and the United States together to explore avenues of investments in both continents and crafting new plans in the areas of finance, marketing, partnerships, job creation, poverty alleviation, networking, exchange of ideas among others.

This will equip companies of participants to be more competitive and better informed of the markets they can expand to.

With effective promotion of the forum, famous businesses are expected to be in attendance to promote their goods and services.

Participants will also visit various business associations and there will also be a dinner dance “Networking Day”, and women network with over 100 businesses.

Integrated with the major activities will be networking platforms that will enable participants to share experiences, identify new partners and build powerful business relationships.
Presentations will be made by Mayor Richard Thomas, City of Mount Vernon, New York; Hon. Ekow Spio Garbrah, Ghana’s Minister for Trade & Industry; Mr. Harry Alford, President of National Black Chamber of Commerce USA Heads of Ghanaian Trade Delegation.

These presentations will cover critical sectors such as finance and investment, agri-business, oil and gas, construction, real estates, manufacturing, mining and tourism/ fashion.

The target groups for the summit include business executives, politicians, mayors and government officials as well as Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

The goal of the event is to persuade investors in the United States to make deliberate and conscious efforts to invest in Africa’s economy.

Those in attendance will be African business executives, trade officials and mayors to meet with United States counterparts to brainstorm and share ideas on moving Africa’s private sector forward. The Summit will provide for direct access and engagement between opportunities available in Africa for investments/contracts with tailor-made will be investors/contractors in USA.

This landmark mission aims to develop a strong partnership between African business executives and that of the United States by harnessing their capacity to boost economic growth which is the vision of the African Union in attaining a middle-income status by 2020.

Bridge to Africa 360 Degrees, Inc. is dedicated to creating a partnership between Africa and the Diaspora, educating and empowering them to build healthy and dynamic communities.

The vision is to have communities in Africa and the Diaspora function in the areas of health, education, social and economic development that makes them self-sustaining entities

Bridge to Africa 360 Degrees, Inc. was established for the purpose of providing financial, moral, educational and expert consultative support to a group of organizations whose focus is to improve the economic, educational, cultural and health issues facing the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the continent of Africa and also the communities of the African Diaspora in the Least and Developing countries around the world. To achieve this goal, Bridge To Africa Inc. has created partnerships with coalition members.

Bridge To Africa, Inc. will develop educational models aimed at informing the youth especially across all cultures between Africa and the Diaspora.

These models will contain information about food, dress, currencies, values, family structures educational structures and expectation. It is anticipated that young people will begin communicating through Skype, emailing, texting and telephone. The aim is to break down cultural barriers.