2019-09-20 美非商展 USAfrica Business Expo

 Coming back to NY on Tue. 9/17 morning and starting working on the same day.
I got up around 3:00am every day due to jet lag.

Thanks to Gbenga Omotayo, Exeecutive Director, USAfrica HUB

for inviting SBA to be part of this event.

Special thanks to Ed Ekel for his leadership to coordinate with me to be on the panel.

 7:20am Penn Station

 34th Street

 New Yorker Hotel. 

NYS DOL held jab fair here when I worked for Dept. of Labor during 1992-2016.

 

 Conference Room

 Exhibition Room

  

 On the 12:30pm panel

 with Brian Teubner, International Trade Manager, Global NY, ESD

 Honored to be on the panel with Gregg Bishop, Commissioner, Small Business Services, NYC (L)

L1: Ed Ekel, Regional Export Finance Manager, Export Assistance Center, SBA

Staffing the SBA Table

 The moderator of our panel

 The excellent MC: Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao,

African Union Ambassador to the USA

  3pm panel: Benayagha Okoyen, Consul General Nigeria Consulate NY

and 

Profess Amaoko Samuel, Consul General Republic of Chana NY