Several African-born persons “pitched” their native lands to Minnesotans at a recent African business forum. Commodities, vegetables and machinery are presently the three top products exported from Minnesota. Trade officials agreed that more business exchange and investment in many African nations would be welcome and profitable for all concerned.
Because the African immigrant population is steadily growing in Minnesota, the state “wants to deepen our connections” in the continent, said Minnesota Trade Office Executive Director Kathleen Motzenbecker. “Africa, and especially Eastern Africa, is such a vibrant part of the world,” she told over 40 business persons who were invited to the May 7 East Africa Business forum at Thomson Reuters’ Eagan headquarters.
Motzenbecker later told the MSR that her main purpose for being at the meeting “is to meet people. We have great resources here, whether it is in food technology, water technology [and] medical devices.”
Written by Charles Hallman/Read more at Twin City Daily Planet
