March 11: Doing Business in Africa workshop

The Doing Business in Africa workshop brings government and business leaders in trade and investment to Governors State University, located in University Park, Illinois. It provides practical knowledge to businesses in the Chicago area that aspire to do business in and with emerging markets in the Africa. The workshop will focus on Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco and other select African countries. The keynote presentation will be featured on the Power Africa Initiative, presented by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

The workshop is supported/sponsored by Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at GSU, U.S. Commercial Service, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research, Contact: Mary Ma, Director of Illinois International Trade Center at GSU at email hma@govst.edu or 708-465-4234. A related press release about the U.S. Trade and Development Agency accepting proposals for Power Africa projects is here. For qualified business, we encourage you to apply the grant from USTDA. The deadline for the proposal submission is Feb 19, 2016.

Doing Business in Africa When: March 11, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m Where: Governors State University 1 University Parkway Engbretson Hall University Park, IL 60484 Registration is free here. Please share this flyer.