Growing Global 2025 Focuses on Importance of Africa for St. Louis

Written By Flames Digital Media

By STL Partnership

World Trade Center St. Louis event examined the investment, trade opportunities of Africa

World Trade Center St. Louis (WTC), the international division of St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, hosted its annual Growing Global luncheon on September 24 with the event focusing on Africa as an up-and-coming trade and investment partner for St. Louis. The theme for the event, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton, was Africa Rising: Navigating Markets, Investments and Trade.

Speakers at the event included Arthur Asiimwe, deputy chief of mission for the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda to the U.S., Elzandi Oosthuizen, senior vice president of the Head Enterprise Corn Product Team at Bayer Crop Science Division and Fred Swaniker, founder and CEO of Sand Technologies. Keep reading.

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