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MBITA Trade and Investment with AGOA Countries

MBITA Trade and Investment with AGOA Countries. Raising Awareness of Kenya’s Opportunities. Kenya: What makes it compelling Observations and Reasons to Explore Opportunities Travel to Kenya: Our Tour Questions. Kenya: What made it compelling. Continuing exploration of opportunities

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MBITA Trade and Investment with AGOA Countries

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  1. MBITA Trade and Investment with AGOA Countries Raising Awareness of Kenya’s Opportunities

  2. Kenya: What makes it compelling Observations and Reasons to Explore Opportunities Travel to Kenya: Our Tour Questions

  3. Kenya: What made it compelling • Continuing exploration of opportunities • Obamamania • Model the activity • Kenya’s overall diversity – geographic, social, economic, ethnic

  4. Prior Experience and Outcomes • West Africa • Education, hospitality, trade • Brazil • Arts • Nicaragua • Education, health care • South Africa • Education, trade • Cuba • Arts, education • Mexico • Education

  5. Our Tour • Luxury tour • Safaris • Five star resorts • Arts • Golf • Local cuisine • Made possible by Custom Africa Tours • mahinda@catsafaris.com • (510) 760-2294 • Contact with experts and entrepreneurs in the following areas: • Tourism • Marketing • Media • Manufacturing • Community services • Education

  6. Envisioning the Future: Obamamania!

  7. Diversity

  8. Wildlife Safaris • Kenya’s National Parks: Mt. Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara, Amboseli, TsavoWest

  9. Five Star Hotels and Resorts • Serena Safari Lodges • Mara, Amboseli, Kilaguni • Nairobi’s Norfolk • Mombasa’s Serena Beach

  10. Observations: Opportunities • Technology • Fibre optic cable to reach Kenya coast in a fortnight • Work done by communities it will benefit • Agriculture • Distributorship opportunities • Improved trucking • Cooperative markets • Community • The most promising thing we observed • Thriving and focused on education • Green energy • Recycling • Solar manufacturing, training, installation and maintenance • Methane gas from animals for cooking • Small scale model for large scale in partnership with India • Education • Institutions committed to vocational training • Two year college training

  11. Observations: Challenges • Workforce training and development • City migration • Employer development • Under-utilization of talent • Awareness of resources to address these issues

  12. Opportunities to Visit • AGOA 2009 Forum • Nairobi, August 3-7, 2009 • Kenyatta International Conference Center • Secure ICT 2009 Conference • Nairobi, September 8-9, 2009 • Laico Regency Hotel • Focus: Preparing for rapid technology change • For more information: http://secureict.co.ke • Email: ekahuthu@secureict.co.ke • Join us in September 2009! • mahinda@catsafaris.com

  13. Questions?

  14. Additional slides

  15. East Africa Community • Republics of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Burundi and Republic of Rwanda • widening and deepening co-operation among the Partner States in, among others, political, economic and social fields for their mutual benefit • working towards the establishment of a Common Market by 2010 • subsequently a Monetary Union by 2012 and ultimately a Political Federation of the East African States.

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