As globalization and the Internet connect the world’s citizens over vast distances, Africa has emerged as a player and partner for many enterprises and industries willing to invest there.  Supporting this point, computer giant Microsoft, in 2004, established a subsidiary, Microsoft East Africa, as a conduit to facilitate sale of its Kiswahili-oriented software products throughout East & Central Africa.  In another example, tourists brought $577 million into Kenya’s economy last year.  These recent developments signal that many of Africa’s nations are positioned for significant economic growth.

The Wakaguzi Forum & Blacksonville.com are proud to present:
 

“Economic Development in
Africa Today”

 Dr. Edmund K. Leo, a native of Tanzania, will discuss resource and enterprise development in Africa, particularly those of East Africa.  Investment opportunities will also be highlighted.  He was a former Chief of New and Renewable Energy Sources at the UN.  Today, Dr. Leo is the Principal Director of Snows of Mount Kilimanjaro, Ltd., a juice extraction and processing company in Moshi, Tanzania.
 

Time: 6pm - 8pm

Speaker: Dr. Edmund K. Leo, Principal Director of Snows of Mount Kilimanjaro, a juice processing company in Moshi, Tanzania.
Dr, Leo is also a former Chief of New and Renewable Energy Sources at the UN.

Date: Monday, Nov. 28, 2005

Location: EWC Campus / Milne Auditorium

·       Program is FREE to the public and will include a Q&A period.

·       Wakaguzi (wah-kah-goo-zee) is a Kiswahili word meaning "critical thinkers".

For more information, please contact Prof. Baruti Katembo, Chair – Wakaguzi Forum Committee, at (904) 504-2069 / mhenga320@yahoo.com  or log onto www.blacksonville.com.