AUSATM,1-2023,2-2023

Olivier Kamanzi Co Founder, Chairman of Africa Global Chamber of Commerce

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Celebrating with Families & Friends

In this issue we are celebrating the upcoming Holidays such as Kwanzaa, Christmas, & a New Year.

Now the Holidays are approaching it seems relatively fast and with it the signal to enjoy being with families and friends.

We celebrate and give thanks for our blessings and being able to appreciate our love ones.

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Olivier Kamanzi, Brief Bio

Olivier Kamanzi is Capital markets expert, International Financial Sector Development Consultant, Inspirational Speaker, and Philanthropist. He is CoFounder and Chairman of Africa Global Chamber of Commerce headquartered in Chicago. Kamanzi is Founder and CEO of Globrock Group, a holding company of Globrock Financial, Globrock Trade, and Globrock Technologies. Globrock Financial is a global management Consulting and investment advisory firm with its headquarters in Chicago and its subsidiaries both in US and Africa. He is former Deputy CEO of Capital Market Authority of Rwanda, former Senior Investment Specialist of Citigroup (Citibank) and Executive employee at JPMorgan Chase. He is Founder and Chairman of The Olivier Kamanzi Foundation – a public charitable organization. Kamanzi is President of the Board of Saint Sabina Academy an affiliate to Saint Sabina Catholic Church based in Chicago, United States. Also, Kamanzi is currently ADDI Director Banking & Finance Sector and Chairman of ADIS Bank/ADIL Ltd.

Kamanzi assisted in the establishment of the Rwandan capital markets industry and the creation of the Rwanda Capital Market Authority and Rwanda Stock Exchange. He initiated different policies including the East Africa Regional Financial Market Infrastructure Development and Regional Capital Markets harmonization and integration. He assisted in the development and implementation of the East African Central Depository Systems for securities and Securities Industry Training Institute (SITI East Africa).

Mr. Kamanzi is current Doctorate Candidate in Philosophy Organizational Leadership and Entrepreneurship with specialization in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He holds MBA in Finance from Ashford University, the Forbes School of Business in Iowa and a bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Mr. Kamanzi’s hobbies are running, reading, and serving the community by mentoring youth, providing financial literacy classes, and he teaches Stock Market Program to 8th Grade. He appeared in various radios, TV, and written medias including WVON Radio, BBC World Services, Voice of America, CNBC Africa, Reuters, Nation, East African, GhanaWeb, and many more. He has written multiples articles on AfCFTA, Covid-19, financial, and leadership matters.

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Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) appoints Uganda Trade Representatives in the United States Midwest Region, Balkans, and UK during the 1st US –Uganda International Trade Summit & Exhibition on Decembe r 16 – 17, 2022, at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel

Chicago, Illinois, December 15, 2022 Africa Global Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) and Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) organize the 1st US-Uganda International Trade Summit & Exhibition at Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60601 United States from December 16-17, 2022.

H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda is expected to officiate the Summit & Exhibition. The purpose of the Summit and exhibition is to boost trade between the United States of America and the Republic of Uganda.

H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda, will open the summit in Chicago and witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with 3 Trade Representatives. These MOUs are a demonstration of Uganda’s new approach to trade and commitment to growing its export share in the 3 regions as follows:

1. Mr. Bratislav Stoiljkovic of The Balkans, which has more than 600,000 Serbian Diaspora in Chicago

2. Mr. Mark Pursey for the UK and Commonwealth market

3. Mr Olivier Kamanzi in the United States Midwest Region

Mr. Cody Lorance is slated to become full Honorary counsel for the Chicago area and key point man for coffee and chocolate for Uganda.

Mr. Odrek Rwabwogo, Chairman of PACEID said, “By signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Trade Representative from the 3 regions, we intend to build linkages between Ugandan Exporters for the Republic of Uganda and US Companies to meet our target goals of $6.6 billion US Dollars

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Mission

The mission of Africa International House is to serve as a center that exposes and educates all peoples to the individual works and collective contributions of African cultures. Our mission is addressed through our flagship program, the African Festival of the Arts, and through other activities that promote African-based culture. Africa International House is an umbrella for linkages and exchanges of people from Africa and the African Diaspora.

C O N TA C T

The story of Africa International House USA, Inc. (AIH) begins at Window to Africa (WTA) - an African art and gift store in Harper Court, Hyde Park - owned by Dr. Delores (Dee) Parmer and Patrick Woodtor who returned from Liberia in 1982. WTA was operated by art & cultural enthusiasts: Joanne Scott, Shionah Chancellor, Steven B. Jackson, Dayo Laoye, Gwen Luster and Curtis Chancellor. Programs at WTA drew large crowds and included exhibitions, fairs and fashion shows. The Bahamas National Dance Troupe premiered in Chicago as one of these events. In 1989, WTA convened a group of cultural supporters to manage the WTA activities which became the African Festival of the Arts (AFA).

In 1994, the Woodtor family incorporated Africa International House USA, Inc (AIH) as a nonprofit organization to manage the AFA, with the mission: "To serve as a center that exposes and educates all peoples to the individual works and collective contributions of African cultures." AIH, governed by a board of directors, combines community support with corporate sponsorship to present Chicago audiences with art and cultural programs through our Center for Contemporary African Art and Culture.

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