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  Obamamania  Model the activity  Kenya’s overall diversity – geographic, social, economic, ethnic

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

Our Tour  Luxury tour  Safaris  Five star resorts  Arts  Golf  Local cuisine  Made possible by Custom Africa Tours   (510)  Contact with experts and entrepreneurs in the following areas:  Tourism  Marketing  Media  Manufacturing  Community services  Education

Envisioning the Future: Obamamania!

Diversity

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

Five Star Hotels and Resorts  Serena Safari Lodges  Mara, Amboseli, Kilaguni  Nairobi’s Norfolk  Mombasa’s Serena Beach

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

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

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:   Join us in September 2009! 

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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.