
This Global Trade Virtual Conference on The U.S.-African Trade Partnership is hosted by Minnesota African’s United in partnership with Prosper Africa, Global Minnesota, Bremer Bank, and US Commercial Services. The theme for this conference is "Light up Ahead – Burgeoning Opportunities of Trade in Africa." Our focus for the conference is to provide opportunity between the US and Africa to engage and learn more about trade in the areas of agriculture and healthcare. The conference will highlight discussions on trade, exports, and investments between both continents. The conference will also provide opportunities for networking with senior executives of healthcare and agriculture companies in the US and Africa.
Speakers:
Hon. Roy Kachale Banda
Minister of Industry, The Republic of Malawi
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Governor Tim Walz
Governor of Minnesota State
Travis Adkins
Deputy Assistant Administrator
in the Bureau of Africa, USAID
Algene T. Sajery
Vice President of the Office of External Affairs, U.S. Development Finance Corporation
Emel Lyons
Senior Director f the Europe, Africa & Middle East Division, Foreign Agricultural
Service at USDA
H.E. Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao
Former African Union Ambassador to the U.S., President & Founder ADDI
Mark Ritchie
President
Global Minnesota
Basil Ajuo
CEO
Minnesota Africans United
Dr. Fatima Lawson
Board Chair
Minnesota Africans United
Christine Brown
Director, Trade Policy U.S.
Small Business
Administration
Serge-Alain Wandji, PhD
Co-Founder
President & CEO,
DiaspoCare, LLC
Joy E. DiBenedetto
Group Director,
Communications
Equity Group Holdings
Ned Rauch-Mannino
President
Portsmouth Limited Company
Toyin Awesu
Communications Advisor
Prosper Africa
Lisa Coppé
Senior Manager,
Sub-Saharan Africa
U. S. Trade & Devt Agency
Pr. Kokou
Adambounou, MD, PhD
Head of Telemedicine Unit
University Hospital System, Togo
Charles Amevo
CPA, MBT, CPPM
Global Portfolio
Consulting C.A., LLC
William (Bill) Fanjoy
Managing Director for Domestic Commercial
Engagement for Prosper Africa, a U.S. Gov't-led initiative
Patterson Brown
Trade and Economic Growth
Team Lead
USAID/Bureau for Africa
Jessica Nyaribo
Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee
MN Africans United