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The Corporate Council on Africa
Nigeria Trade and Outreach Mission
March 19-30, 2000
The dawn of the 21st century coincides with the beginning of a new era in Nigeria. The successful transition to democracy in 1999 opened the door to many immediate and long-term opportunities for U.S. investors and exporters in a variety of sectors. Nigeria’s new leadership under President Olusegun Obasanjo is committed to privatizing many state-owned companies. With more than 110 million people, Nigeria is a huge market that remains largely untapped by American companies.
The government’s steps toward privatizing and increasing private sector involvement hold particular promise in these areas, which will be a focus of the mission:
¨ Agricultural commodities and equipment
¨ Telecommunications
¨ Transportation
¨ Energy
Mission Highlights
¨ In-country team of experts to coordinate private sector business meetings
¨ Detailed briefing materials, including CCA’s “Critical Issues Guide to Doing Business in Nigeria”
¨ Meetings with senior-level Nigerian government leaders and U.S. Embassy Officials
¨ Follow-up communication with CCA staff on business opportunities
To receive an application form, please provide the following information for each participant to CCA by Friday, January 14:
Name Title
Company
Address
Phone Fax E-mail
Sectors of Interest
The participant fee of $9,659 includes the following for each person:
¨ Round-trip economy airfare from the East Coast of the U.S. to Nigeria, and air transportation within Nigeria
¨ All hotel accommodations in Nigeria
¨ Ground transportation to all scheduled meetings and events
¨ Scheduled luncheons, dinners and receptions
¨ Direct access to government officials and private sector executives
¨ Individual business meetings with pre-identified potential Nigerian business partners
For more information contact:
Tim McCoy Tel: (202) 835-115
Trade Missions Director Fax: (202) 835-1117
The Corporate Council on Africa tmmcoy@africacncl.org
1660 L St. NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036
South African Trade Mission Returns with New Business Commitments
From October 25 to November 3, 1999 the Corporate Council, in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration, conducted its first trade and outreach mission to South Africa. The group included 19 participants representing 15 small to medium-sized US companies. It explored business opportunities in Guateng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape provinces, focusing on sectors that the South African government has taken steps to privatize or increase private sector participation. These included infrastructure development, telecommunications, transportation, energy and financial services. From an initial reading, the mission, which is CCA’s 9th to Africa, has already proved a success, with no fewer than 20 letters of intent or memoranda of understanding being signed between the U.S. and South African companies.
Before leaving on the Mission, participants were given a reception by South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, H. E. Sheila Sisulu, and n the morning after their arrival in Johannesburg, they were welcomed by Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
More than 200 one-on-one meetings were arranged for mission participants with prospective South African partners, and a dozen more group meetings and briefings took place with South African private-sector representatives.
The mission received strong support and a warm welcome from the U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service in Johannesburg, Durban and Capetown, from USAID, and from Ebony Consulting International, CCA’s partner on the South Africa International Business Linkages Program. We would like to offer a special thanks to the mission’s underwriters: HSBC Equator Bank, Navistar International and New Africa Finance Corporation.
For more information, contact...
CCA Trade Mission Director:
Tim McCoy
202.835.1115 ext: 29
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UPCOMING NIGERIA TRADE MISSION - March 2000
