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American
and African Business Women's Alliance Selects Corporate
Council on Africa as Principal Partner in the United
States
WASHINGTON, DC - The American and
African Business Women's Alliance (AABWA), established to
provide training, networking and to promote trade and
investment among African women and between American and
African women, will locate its U.S. secretariat at the
Corporate Council on Africa, in Washington, DC. The
organization, chaired by Joyce Banda of Malawi, has located
its Africa secretariat in Kampala, Uganda. Sandra Taylor,
Vice Chair of AABWA and Vice President of Eastman Kodak
Company, said, ‚"Our organization was established two
years ago, after our first conference in Chicago. My vision
for the association is to empower American and African women
to engage in trade and investment in African countries and
with the United States. American and African businesswomen
have great opportunities to grow their businesses through
international trade. The African Growth and Opportunity Act,
established to provide duty free entry to the US for
thousands of African products, will only be successful for
those who understand how and have the means to take
advantage of it. AABWA wants to provide American and African
women training opportunities, information and contacts to
facilitate growth, through exports, and to foster the
development of women owned businesses and of female
executives."
The Corporate Council on Africa, a
membership organization consisting of 165 corporations
representing more than 80% of all US private investment in
Africa, seeks to enhance its programs with African
businesses and its focus on small and medium-sized
enterprises. ‚"Women are the backbone of many African
economies and are increasingly involved in entrepreneurship
and trade in Africa. American women have been the primary
source of small business growth in our country in recent
years. CCA is pleased to establish this partnership with
AABWA, as our mutual objectives in these areas can only be
strengthened through our new
relationship,” commented Stephen Hayes,
President of CCA.
AABWA has recently incorporated as
AABWA (US) Inc. and has filed for tax-exempt status as a
charitable organization in the United States under section
501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Its U.S. Advisory
Board includes women and men executives and business owners
with years of experience and interest in Africa. AABWA's
last major event was in February 2002 in Botswana, where
over 300 women from the United States, 23 countries in
Africa and the Caribbean, networked and attended seminars
and a training course that was broadcast by satellite to
five countries throughout Africa. A full roster of programs
and training are planned over the next year in the US and
Africa in partnership with CCA, with other business
associations and with like-minded organizations.
Lauri Fitz-Pegado, member of AABWA's
U.S. Advisory Board said, ‚"AABWA does not want to
reinvent the wheel, but to partner with existing entities
which share our mission. We want to add value through our
membership and vast network of women throughout the African
continent. Our economy and those in Africa face special
challenges today. These challenges of our times require
creative use of limited resources to reap high returns on
investment. AABWA wants to work efficiently and effectively,
maximizing the benefit to our own membership and to all of
our partners.‚"
For further information about AABWA,
contact www.aabwa.com
http://www.aabwa.com/>,
for CCA, www.africacncl.org
The Corporate Council on
Africa
1100 17th St., N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 835-1115
Fax: (202) 835-1117
www.africacncl.org
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American
and African Business Women's Alliance Selects
Corporate Council on Africa as Principal Partner in
the United States
WASHINGTON, DC - The
American and African Business Women's Alliance
(AABWA), established to provide training,
networking and to promote trade and investment
among African women and between American and
African women, will locate its U.S. secretariat at
the Corporate Council on Africa, in Washington, DC.
The organization, chaired by Joyce Banda of Malawi,
has located its Africa secretariat in Kampala,
Uganda. Sandra Taylor, Vice Chair of AABWA and Vice
President of Eastman Kodak Company, said,
‚"Our organization was established two years
ago, after our first conference in Chicago. My
vision for the association is to empower American
and African women to engage in trade and investment
in African countries and with the United States.
American and African businesswomen have great
opportunities to grow their businesses through
international trade. The African Growth and
Opportunity Act, established to provide duty free
entry to the US for thousands of African products,
will only be successful for those who understand
how and have the means to take advantage of it.
AABWA wants to provide American and African women
training opportunities, information and contacts to
facilitate growth, through exports, and to foster
the development of women owned businesses and of
female executives."
The Corporate Council on
Africa, a membership organization consisting of 165
corporations representing more than 80% of all US
private investment in Africa, seeks to enhance its
programs with African businesses and its focus on
small and medium-sized enterprises. ‚"Women
are the backbone of many African economies and are
increasingly involved in entrepreneurship and trade
in Africa. American women have been the primary
source of small business growth in our country in
recent years. CCA is pleased to establish this
partnership with AABWA, as our mutual objectives in
these areas can only be strengthened through our
new relationship,” commented
Stephen Hayes, President of CCA.
AABWA has recently
incorporated as AABWA (US) Inc. and has filed for
tax-exempt status as a charitable organization in
the United States under section 501(c) 3 of the
Internal Revenue Code. Its U.S. Advisory Board
includes women and men executives and business
owners with years of experience and interest in
Africa. AABWA's last major event was in February
2002 in Botswana, where over 300 women from the
United States, 23 countries in Africa and the
Caribbean, networked and attended seminars and a
training course that was broadcast by satellite to
five countries throughout Africa. A full roster of
programs and training are planned over the next
year in the US and Africa in partnership with CCA,
with other business associations and with
like-minded organizations.
Lauri Fitz-Pegado, member of
AABWA's U.S. Advisory Board said, ‚"AABWA does
not want to reinvent the wheel, but to partner with
existing entities which share our mission. We want
to add value through our membership and vast
network of women throughout the African continent.
Our economy and those in Africa face special
challenges today. These challenges of our times
require creative use of limited resources to reap
high returns on investment. AABWA wants to work
efficiently and effectively, maximizing the benefit
to our own membership and to all of our
partners.‚"
For further information
about AABWA, contact www.aabwa.com
http://www.aabwa.com/>,
for CCA, www.africacncl.org
The Corporate Council on
Africa
1100 17th St., N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 835-1115
Fax: (202) 835-1117
www.africacncl.org
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