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SUMMARY:Global Africa Summit Charlotte 2026
DESCRIPTION:U.S. Africa Trade Desk will be participating as panelists at the Global Africa Summit Charlotte 2026 (GAS Charlotte)\, taking place September 8–10\, 2026 at the Westin Charlotte in Charlotte\, North Carolina. The summit\, hosted by the Africa Investment Network in partnership with Intentional Asset Management\, Black Wall Street Charlotte\, and the GABA Center\, will convene more than 300 investors\, policymakers\, business leaders\, and entrepreneurs from across Africa\, North America\, the Caribbean\, and global markets. \nIn addition to strategic meetings with North Carolina state officials and farmers\, USATD will bring two voices to the summit’s stage. Director of Government Affairs Jeremy Faber will join the panel “Scaling the Carolinas: Enterprise\, Global Markets and the Africa Advantage.” VP of Transformative Apparel Clinton White will join “Money Without Borders: Building Wealth Across the Diaspora Divide.” Panel schedules will be confirmed closer to the event. \nThis year’s theme\, “Beyond Partnerships: Trade\, Investment & Private Capital as Tools of Global Resilience\,” centers on producing measurable outcomes — new trade corridors\, capital commitments\, and enterprise partnerships between Africa and the world\, closely aligned with USATD’s own work building vertically integrated trade corridors across apparel\, agriculture\, and trade finance. \nProgramming across the three-day summit spans sector panels in agribusiness\, technology\, finance\, infrastructure\, and more\, along with B2B/B2G matchmaking and a live Deal Room.
URL:https://www.usafricatradedesk.com/event/global-africa-summit-charlotte-2026/
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SUMMARY:US Africa Trade Desk at the AmCham Business Summit 2026: Advancing Mutual Prosperity
DESCRIPTION:US Africa Trade Desk will be represented at the AmCham Business Summit 2026\, taking place September 9–10\, 2026 at the Windsor Golf Hotel in Nairobi\, Kenya. Our Director of International Operations\, Jeanah Lacey\, will join the Summit on September 9. \nThe AmCham Business Summit is East Africa’s leading platform for U.S.–East Africa trade and investment\, co-convened by the American Chamber of Commerce\, Kenya and the U.S. Embassy in Kenya\, and co-hosted with the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Investments\, Trade and Industry. Regional partners include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Chambers of Commerce from Uganda\, Tanzania\, Rwanda\, and Ethiopia. Now in its fifth year\, the Summit brings together business leaders\, policymakers\, investors\, and innovators from across East Africa and the United States to advance two-way trade and investment across market access\, financing\, innovation\, and policy frameworks spanning seven high-growth sectors\, including agriculture\, manufacturing\, digital economy\, health\, infrastructure\, energy\, and critical supply chains. \nThis year’s Summit convenes under the theme “Advancing Mutual Prosperity Through Trade & Investment\,” held as the United States marks 250 years of independence. The program looks at what that milestone means for the next chapter of American enterprise abroad — anchored in U.S. innovation\, reciprocal partnership\, and global leadership\, with dedicated tracks for business-to-government engagement and facilitated business-to-business matchmaking between U.S. and East African companies. \nJeanah will join a discussion on how AfCFTA implementation can unlock commercial opportunity and long-term U.S. investment in Africa’s regional value chains. As she puts it: “Companies don’t invest in trade rules. They invest in the opportunities those rules make commercially possible.” Her participation reflects the work US Africa Trade Desk does every day: category management\, trade deal structuring\, and financing that build durable\, vertically integrated trade corridors between the U.S. and African markets across apparel\, agriculture\, and trade finance. For USATD\, AfCFTA implementation isn’t an abstract policy milestone — it’s a framework that\, done well\, translates into the kind of commercial fundamentals that make regional value chains investable at scale. \nMutual prosperity\, in our view\, is not a slogan — it’s a function of trade structured so that capital\, capacity\, and commercial value move together on both sides of the relationship. That’s the conversation Jeanah looks forward to having in Nairobi. \n 
URL:https://www.usafricatradedesk.com/event/us-africa-trade-desk-at-the-amcham-business-summit-2026-advancing-mutual-prosperity/
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SUMMARY:US Africa Trade Desk Returns to Good Life Show — This Time in Johannesburg
DESCRIPTION:From 18–20 September\, our team joins Good Life Show’s Hosted Buyer Programme at the Sandton Convention Centre\, connecting African producers with international and regional buyers actively sourcing their products. \nWe’re excited to be back with Good Life Show\, this time as the event makes its move to Johannesburg. From 18–20 September\, the show brings more than 250 African food\, beverage\, and wellness brands to the Sandton Convention Centre through its Hosted Buyer Programme — an initiative built around a targeted matchmaking process\, where buyers’ sourcing requirements are assessed in advance and paired with exhibitors whose products and capabilities align with what they’re actually looking for. \nUS Africa Trade Desk will attend for the full three days\, represented by Frances Fraser\, our Director of Continental Services\, Martin Lombard\, our Director of Integration\, and Sue-Anne Mackway-Wilson\, our Director of Marketing. We’re there to see the matchmaking model in practice: how sourcing requirements are matched against exhibitor capabilities\, which categories are drawing the strongest buyer interest\, and where international demand for African-origin products is heading next. \nThe categories on show track closely with where that demand is concentrated. Distinctive African ingredients — baobab\, fonio\, Nilotica shea butter\, and botanical beverages like hibiscus\, rooibos\, and honeybush — are drawing growing international interest as demand rises for natural\, clean-label\, and functional products. There’s opportunity in more established export categories too\, with processed fruit\, vegetables\, and edible nuts continuing to offer strong openings for African suppliers. \nA compelling product is only the first part of the conversation. International buyers are also weighing consistent quality\, reliable supply\, traceability\, food safety\, appropriate certification\, sufficient shelf life\, export-ready packaging\, and the ability to meet volume requirements — the practical considerations that determine whether a sourcing conversation turns into a lasting supplier relationship. As Heidi Warricker of Live Events has put it\, the programme is “about creating those connections” between producers with a genuine product and buyers with a genuine interest in it. The initiative is delivered in partnership with Ndarama Works\, the show’s official B2B Global Trade Engine\, whose COO Precious Mahove has pointed to “increasing interest in African-origin products” that combine sustainability\, authenticity\, and strong supply potential. \nThat framing sits close to how we build our own trade corridors. A matched\, qualified buyer requirement — not a hope that supply will find its own market — is what turns a product with export potential into a program that actually ships. Watching that principle play out at scale\, across dozens of exhibitors and buyer delegations in one room\, is exactly the kind of ground-level insight we look for at events like this one.
URL:https://www.usafricatradedesk.com/event/us-africa-trade-desk-returns-to-good-life-show-this-time-in-johannesburg/
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