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Continental Conference Comes to Addis

Jan 12 , 2019


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The sixth African Trade & Finance International Conference will be held in Addis Abeba for the first time on April 11 & 12, 2019. The conference, which had been held in Togo, Ivory Coast and Ghana in the past, is coming to Ethiopia through the partnership of the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Association and Rescue Shipping & Investment Agency. “Logistics facilitates trade, so we are taking the initiative to drive the trade market in the right direction,” said Selasi Ackom, CEO of Rescue Shipping & Investment Agency. The conference will be attended by key players in African business, according to Mesenbet Shenkute, president of the Chamber. “We believe the Conference will create exposure for our local market and facilitate regional and continental integration,” she added.


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