How to Do Business In Africa

Jacqueline Lawson, President and CEO of cozzas will discuss How to Do Business in Africa. Wambia Capital is a private merchant bank, investment advisor, and risk advisor formed in 2006 which focuses exclusively on cross-border transactions and investments in emerging markets, notably Africa and Asia Pacific. Mr. Wambia has 30 years experience in emerging markets development finance, business development, project finance, making debt investments, originating deals, creating partnerships, auditing project finance portfolios, auditing mortgage backed security portfolios, forming and managing private client equity investment portfolios, raising capital; with a passion for deal making and expert structuring and negotiating skills. Inza Camara, President and Mamadou Camara, Vice President of the Global African Business Consultant Group (www.gabcgroup.com) made history in Atlanta with the Inaugural Global African International Business Summit (GAIBS). The Summit brought together key players from several African countries including Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Gabon with major US corporations to discuss contract partnerships in critical business industries.