Africa: The U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2016 Opens in Addis Ababa

press release

Organized by the Corporate Council on Africa and Co-hosted by the Government of the Federal democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the African Union, the US-Africa Business Summit 2016 opened on Tuesday (February 02, 2016) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ms. Zain Vergee, President of the Zain Vergee Group, during her welcoming remarks said, Africa and particularly Ethiopia is a cradle of civilization, when the legendary Queen of Sheba travelled to Jerusalem long before Cleopatra and Hellen of Troy, which she said showed how much Ethiopia contributed to the world we live in. She said, "We now gather at Addis Ababa, the land of new opportunity in a country of one of the fastest growing economies at a time of global economic turbulence."

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