For Immediate Release
The Eastern Africa Diaspora Business Councils’ Washington, DC
Forum to Connect African and American Business and Government Leaders
(Washington DC 2013)
Due to extenuating circumstances resulting from a last minute
scheduling conflict this event has been moved from New York to Washington DC on
September 27, 2013.
The Eastern Africa Diaspora
Business Council, EADBC, will convene its first annual “Engaging the Diaspora
for Eastern Africa Global Competitiveness” Business Forum in Washington DC on
September 27, 2013 from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
The forum is the premier event for finding and building partnerships
between government and business leaders from the US and East Africa.
Diaspora-catalyzed funding and investment structures in energy, technology and
mission delivery will be discussed, with high level representation for five
East African countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda
With a sub-theme of “Leveraging
the Diaspora’s Technical Capacity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, the EADBC
will engage US and East Africa public and private sector partners on achieving
Trade Africa and Power Africa objectives.
The forum will produce deeper coordination between elements of the trade
and development initiatives and explore trade and investment opportunities for
the US private sector that are offered by the East Africa Community.
Diaspora-catalyzed funding and investment structures in energy, technology and
mission delivery will be discussed, with representation for five East African countries
including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda.
The Business Forum will also
open opportunities for building new partnerships through exclusive networking
events, including a Networking Reception at 5:00 pm. Participants will also have the opportunity
to network with key African and U.S. private sector and government
representatives, and learn more about engaging Diaspora resources in the Obama
Administration’s Power Africa, Trade Africa and other Africa-focused
initiatives.
To register: http://easternafricadiaspora.eventbrite.com/
About EABC
EADBC is a US-based
non-governmental organization, founded to channel Diaspora resources toward
impactful business and technology ventures in the greater Eastern Africa
region.
The organization’s mission is
to harness US Diaspora resources to the Eastern Africa region and furnish
sustainable economic development, capacity building, and multi-sector
partnerships through market-based linkages between US-based corporations and
technical expertise, and market opportunities in East Africa.
EADBC strives to catalyze East
Africa’s significance in the global marketplace by creating sustainable
commitments and strategic infrastructure partnerships between the US and East
Africa’s high-impact business sector. We
represent professional, institutional, business and student memberships from
Eastern Africa countries and the US - embodying expertise and investments in
several key sectors including in ICT, Engineering, Energy, Agriculture,
Environment, Education, International Trade and Development, Policy and Health
Care.
EADBC engages closely with key
industry and inter-governmental agencies to provide a platform for transfer of
knowledge and skills. Our core-sector platforms and programs leverage Diaspora
relationships to forge feasible cooperation on key development issues, and to
nurture individual and institutional potential for a competitive East Africa
Community marketplace.
For more information on EADBC,
visit
Contacts- Ben Kazora @ 269
873 0937, Augustine Mutemberezi @ 301 256 5341
Hon. David Mureeba,
P.E @ 214 675 7330
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