21th US-AFRICA & CARIBBEAN INVESTMENT TRADE CONFERENCE
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The Caribbean represents a large $23 billion export market for U.S. firms. Enterprise Florida (EFI) are partners of the conference to help Caribbean companies access opportunities across this important region.
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With the AGOA program, we build a Strategy for Sustainability
“Supply Chain Development and Competitiveness under AGOA: Making AGOA Work for SME’s in the Handicraft, Beverage, Ethnic Food and Spice Industries” A matchmaking Business- to- Business networking program took place in Miami last September 2018
followed by aSME competition for export ready companies in the handicrafts, apparel, beverages, ethnic food and spice industries. The contest was designed to give maximum exposure to SMEs’ products from AGOA eligible countries from throughout the Sub Saharan region of Africa. A selection committee comprised of a team of judges that included investors, buyers, a custom broker, a development organization, and a technology expert, evaluated each of the products for their market access qualification. The products were presented in clusters by country and assessed on the following criteria; Product Availability - quantity, quality, price; Social Benefit/Impact; Product Economy of Scale; Production Capacity; and Export Readiness of the Product which includes: licensing and FDA export approval. Clusters were selected from five countries, namely, Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana which was selected during a previous competition.
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AFRICANDO GALA 2018: Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of the 27th District of Florida Accepts The Foundation for Democracy in Africa's Medal of Glory.