African business facilitators arrangemeetings for CCA members
with Africanbusinesses and political leadersPromotion of CCA
members Africaoperations, products and servicesAdvocacy in Africa
for CCA membersResearch services on demand to meetmembers needs and
requestsWorking Groups on Angola, EquatorialGuinea, Nigeria and
Libya. Task forces onagribusiness, HIV/AIDS and oil &
gasBusiness Forums on key commercial issuesincluding agribusiness,
HIV/AIDS,biotechnology, infrastructure, oil/energy, projectfinance,
telecommunications and NigeriaHigh profile events featuring African
Headsof State/Government, ministers and seniorU.S. government
officialsNetworking sessions provide membersdirect access to others
in the fieldPublications includingThe Africa Journal: a bi-monthly
publicationfeaturing current Africa-specific economic,political and
cultural information as well asCCA member newsBusiness and
investment guides that are coun-try-specific, region-specific and
issue-focused Annual Doing Business in Africa BooksAGOA Guide: a
comprehensive resource forU.S. and African companies interested
intrading under AGOASouth Africa Business to Business
Newsletter& West Africa International BusinessLinkages Program
Newsletter issued monthlyHIV/AIDS Initiative Newsletter issued
quarterlyMembers-only website with a CCAmember contacts database; a
searchabledatabase of TradeLinks, business and tradeopportunities
in Africa; and African businessnews updated dailyBreakfast Forum
Discussions withAdministrative and Legislative officialsTrade
missions to Libya, Mozambique andAngolaInternational business
linkages throughCCAs programs: West Africa InternationalBusiness
Linkages (WAIBL) and South AfricanInternational Business Linkages
(SAIBL)Preferred status at CCAs biennial U.S.-Africa Business
Summit, the premiergathering in the United States of business
andgovernment leaders who are united by theirshared commitment to
promoting trade andinvestment between the U.S. and AfricaAssistance
establishing effectiveHIV/AIDS policies and programs formember
companies in their AfricanworkplaceP R O G R A N S A N D S E R V l
E Sl N T E R N A T l O N A l B U S l N E S S l l N K A G E S P R O
G R A N Slunded by the Unted States Agency or lnternatona
Deveopment (USAlD)South African International Business Linkages
(SAIBL)www.saibl.comSAIBL empowers business through trade and
investment partnerships betweenhistorically disadvantaged South
African small and medium enterprises andU.S. companies, South
African corporations, and multinationals. For historically
disadvantaged South African companies, SAIBL offers trainingand
business capacity support. SAIBL mentors growth-oriented
enterprises tobecome locally and internationally competitive, and
introduces them to newmarkets and buyers.For U.S. companies, South
African corporations, and multinationals,SAIBL identifies
pre-screened South African partners and suppliers.Recent Success
Stories:Yenza Manufacturing is one of South Africas first
historicallydisadvantaged enterprises to manufacture parts for the
internationalautomotive industry and supplies components to three
auto giants-DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Volkswagen. SAIBL
helped Yenzadevelop its quality management system and funded
training and travel tooverseas trade shows. KPL Aluminumand Die
Casting is a woman-owned manufacturer ofbathroom accessories,
refrigerator hinges and automotive spindles andferrules. SAIBL
helped KPL win a $1.25 million contract by providingassistance in
obtaining ISO 9002 certification. West Africa International
Business Linkages (WAIBL)www.ccawaibl.orgWAIBL fosters commercial
relationships between U.S. and West Africanbusinesses. The program
works to facilitate export/import transactions, jointventures and
strategic alliances between companies. WAIBL sponsors
sectorspecific business forums in the U.S. and West Africa. To
date, WAIBL has helpedgenerate more than $150 million worth of
U.S.-West African transactions. Recent Success Stories:WAIBL helped
Houston-based TransAtlantic Corporation partner with LaMessagerie
Centrale, a Cameroonian company seeking to purchase buses forpublic
transportation in Cameroon. The resulting transaction, completed
inNovember 2004, was worth over $2 million and supports the
purchasing andacquisition of 8 buses from the United States. The
two companies are nowworking on subsequent transactions and
TransAtlantic Corporation ispursuing further business in other
African countries.Through a WAIBL linkage, Nigeria-based OK
Computers and Total ServicesSolutions (TSS), a Maryland-based
technological services firm, launched a hi-tech Community Resource
Center in Abuja, Nigeria. The center providesNigerians access to
the Internet and other technology resources. TSS and OKComputers
are planning to develop 5 more centers across the country.
Withinthe project's scope, OK Computers needed equipment to furnish
the centers.WAIBL introduced OK Computers to Laptop Dogs, a U.S.
supplier of used andrefurbished IT equipment who has now been
filling orders for OK Computersfor over a year and will continue to
provide equipment as more centers open.The Corporate Council on
Africa is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation.1100 17th Street, NW,
Suite 1100Washington, DC 20036Tel: (202) 835-1115 Fax: (202)
835-1117Email: [email protected] Vetco
GrayAbbott LaboratoriesAcademy for Educational DevelopmentAccess
Bank PlcACDI/VOCAAcrow CorporationAfrican Wildlife Foundation
Africare AllAfrica Global MediaAllied International Marketing
Corp.Amerada Hess Corporation American Global Data ExchangeCorp.
(AGDE Corp.)American Petroleum InstituteAmerican Soybean
AssociationAmerican Worldwide Inc.Anadarko Petroleum
CorporationArcher Daniels Midland CompanyBaker & Hostetler
LLPBanro CorporationBarron-Birrell,Inc.BearingPointBKSH &
AssociatesBlack Enterprise MagazineBlack & VeatchBoeing Company
Booz Allen HamiltonC/R InternationalCameron Division of Cooper
Cameron Corporation Cargill Inc.Carrernation.comCaterpillar
IncorporatedChemonicsChevronTexacoCHF InternationalCinergy Global
Power - Africa Ltd.Citigroup Inc.Cohen & Woods International,
Inc.Computer Frontiers Inc.ConocoPhillips DaimlerChrysler AG De
Villers Inc.Development Alternatives, Inc.Devon EnergyDikembe
Mutombo FoundationDoley Securities, Inc.Edlow Resources Limited
Emerging Markets PartnershipEnviromental Remediation Holding Corp.
(ERHC)Ethiopian Airlines Evergreen Helicopter, Inc.Exxon Mobil
CorporationFayus EnterprisesFluor Daniel, Inc.Futures
GroupGAPCOGeneral Electric Company General Motors George Forrest
International Global Industries Ltd.Goldwyn International
Strategies Good Governance AfricaGoodWorks
InternationalGrupo-Valentim Amoes G-Solutions Inc.HalliburtonHarris
CorporationHSBC EquatorHuges Capitol managementHuman Resources
Development Institute, Inc.IBMIDEAS Inc.Institute of Human Virology
(IHV)Intels Group International Business Inititiaves
(IBI)International Community Development Company
(ICDC)International Development EnterprisesInternational Truck and
EngineCorporation J.D. Stark & Associates Jean-Raymond Boulle
CorporationsJohnson & JohnsonJurisAIDSKenya AirlinesKerr-McGee
Oil & Gas CompanyKHAFRA EngineeringKosmos Energy KRA
CorporationKroll Law Offices of Ade Awojobi Lazare Kaplan
International Inc.LDB Consulting, Inc.Leader One Inc.Lehman
BrothersMadagascar World RadioMagana Flowers (K) Ltd.Management
Systems International (MSI)Manatt.Phelps & PhillipsManchester
Trade/CTD AmericaM&T BankMarathon Oil CompanyMarriott
International Inc. May FarmsMcDermott Inc.Merck & Co.,
Inc.Meticulous ToursMetrica, Inc. MicrosoftMissouri Office of
InternationalMarketingMITC Unvestmentos,SARLMonsanto
CompanyMotorolaMoving Water Industries CorporationMPRINational
Alliance of Black School EducatorsNationwide Equipment CompanyNoble
EnergyNoel Group O'Meleveny & Myers LLPOraclePan African
Capital Group, LLCPanapress Pegasus Energy c/o The Ballard
GroupPennWell Corporation Pfizer, Inc. Placer Dome Prince George's
County Economic Development CorporationProject HOPE
QualcommRaytheon CompanyResourceLinc.ComRwanda Investment Promotion
AgencySAICSamuels International Associates, Inc.Schaffer
AfricaGlobal Group Seacor Smit Inc.Shell Int'l Exploration and
Production Inc.Sherman & Sterling LLPSouth African
AirwaysStandard BankStandard Construction Ltd.Starbucks Coffee
CompanyStructured Credit International CorporationSunoco, Inc.TCC
Group TechnoserveThe African Investment Corp.The Coca-Cola Company
The Fermoy GroupThe Liberia GroupThe Scowcroft Group The Washington
PostThe Whitaker GroupThirdWave Networks Holding,Inc.Trade &
Investment Corporation for Africa, Inc.TrendTvUnited Bank for
Africa PlcVanco ViaSatWorcester Polytechnic Institute World
Alliances, Inc.World Cocoa Foundation Zephyr Management L.P. T H E
C O R P O R A T E C O U N C I L O N A F R I C A M E M B E R SB O A
R D M E M B E R S 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6Phillip de St. AubinThe Boeing
CompanyLarry BaileyLDB ConsultingTom BarryZephyr Investment Fund
Marjorie ChorlinsMotorolaHarold DoleyDoley SecuritiesNeil
DuffinExxon Mobil CorporationJack EdlowEdlow Resources LimitedFrank
FountainDaimlerChrysler Thomas GibianEMP Investment Fund Steve
GuidryMarathon Oil CompanyBill GuytonWorld Cocoa Foundation Stephen
HayesCorporate Council on AfricaWalter KansteinerThe Scowcroft
GroupMs. Barbara KeatingComputer Frontiers Frank KennedyHSBC
EquatorGeorge KirklandChevronTexaco Overseas PetroleumDesi
Lopez-FafieOracle African OperationsCarl MastersGoodWorks
International Henry McGeeConocoPhillips John NoelThe Noel
GroupGeorge OtchereScience Applications International Corporation
Sebastian ParadesCitiGroup Tim RichardsGeneral ElectricDavid
StarkStark and AssociatesJerry SteinerMonsanto International
Jeffrey SturchioMerck Maurice TempelsmanLazare Kaplan International
Inc.Terra ThomasHRDI JC WattsJC Watts CompaniesStephen Witort3MVan
YeutterCargill Grain CompanyEarl YoungJR Boulle & CompanyA T T
R A C T I N G T H E W O R L D T O A F R I C AT H E C O R P O R A T
E C O U N C I L O N A F R I C ACCA membership: CCA is committed to
serving its members through an array ofprograms and services (see
opposite page for details)Building Partnerships South African
International Business Linkages (SAIBL) Program West Africa
International Business Linkages (WAIBL) Program American &
African Business Womens Alliance (AABWA) Hosts the biennial
U.S.-Africa Business SummitFinancing The Financing and Capital
Flows Task Force, established in 2003, iscomprised of CCA members
who meet regularly to establish andexecute goals designed to
increase and diversify capital flows to Africa CCA hosts several
conferences and forums throughout the year,bringing together
leaders from the U.S. and African public andprivate sectors as well
as multilateral institutions; the events facilitatediscussion and
clarify key issues and strategies for increasinginvestment in
AfricaHIV/AIDS in Africa Formed in 2003, the CCA HIV/AIDS
Initiative is funded by The Bill andMelinda Gates Foundation and
other public and corporate donors.This program brokers partnerships
for CCA members with a variety ofresource partners to increase U.S.
private sector support for the fightagainst HIV/AIDS in Africa
HIV/AIDS Task Forcea coalition convened to analyze and determinehow
U.S. companies can best address the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan
AfricaU.S.-Africa Trade Legislation Comprehensive guide on how to
utilize AGOA Co-chair of the 2005 Private Sector Session of the
U.S. and AfricaTrade and Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum) in Dakar,
SenegalT H E F I V E P R I O R I T I E S O F C C AT H E C O R P O R
A T E C O U N C I L O N A F R I C ACorporate Council on Africa
(CCA) members represent nearly 85 percent of total U.S. private
sector investment inAfrica. Since 1993, CCA has been the leading
American organization dedicated to enhancing trade and
investmentrelations between the United States and the 53 countries
of Africa.CCA is your bridge to the latest business opportunities
in Africa. As your chief source of continuous information
onbusiness across the African continent, CCA provides U.S. and
African business networks, trade and investmentopportunities and
the promotion of your business operations in Africa. We invite you
to join us and benefit fromservices and programs that are as
diverse as our membership.W H Y A F R I C A ?W H Y C C A ?CCA
membership ranges from individually owned businesses to large
multinational corporations. CCA members are: 25% Small Businesses
42% Medium Businesses 33% Large BusinessesCCA Membership was one of
thebest decisions Fermoy evermade. The hands on serviceand
expertise of the staff,coupled with their genuinewillingness to
make us successfulin our efforts to deliver affordablehousing to
Africa made all thedifference for us. The networkingopportunities
membership in CCA provides are secondto none, allowing a small
business like Fermoy unparalleled access tothe highest level of
African leadership in government and business. Michael P. Murphy,
CEO Fermoy Group, LLC"Cargill is a proud member of CCA for two
corereasons. First, because of the value that theorganization can
bring to our businessinterests in Africa. Whether it be events
thatprovide an opportunity to talk about criticalissues with key
African decision-makers orspecialized support from the CCA staff,
wefeel that the "returns" of CCA have more thancovered our
"investment" in the organization. Secondly, weappreciate the
broader efforts that CCA is making to support theAfrican continent
in addressing a number of the serious challenges itfaces such as
HIV/AIDS, financing, trade, and good governance." Van Yeutter,
Director, International Business Development,Cargill Inc.= NEDlUN
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