Ep5 "A feminist economy: Doing business in Africa" - with Angelle Kwemo

<p><em><strong>Angelle Kwemo</strong></em></p> <p>Ms. Kwemo is President &amp; CEO of Astrategik Group, a firm that provides international trade advisory and strategic advice to multi-dimensional entities willing to engage with Africa and emerging markets. ASG is now present in Nigeria, Morocco and Cameroon. Ms. Kwemo was Managing Director for Africa for Washington Media Group, a full services media, strategies, communication and government relations firm with offices in Washington, DC, Silicon Valley, China, and Qatar.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>As a dedicated advocate and philanthropist, she Founded Believe In Africa, an organization aiming at promoting the role of the African private sector in Africa transformation and empowering Women and youth. She hosted the first Africa women in agriculture congress that led to the creation of African Women in Agriculture and Art that is now (AWAA) a plate-form to support African rural women graduate from subsistence to commercial farming and handicraft. She has since trained women in Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Equatorial Guinea, Mali and registered nearly 600,000 women in rural areas across 22 African countries.</p> <p>A native of Cameroon, she started her career in France at Bestaux Law firm. In Douala, Cameroon, she served as the Chief of the Maritime Claims and Disputes Department, and later as the General Counsel for Bollore Technology Group and Geodis Overseas.</p> <p>She worked for seven years in the U.S. Congress as Legislative Counsel for two members of the House of Representatives, including Rep. Bobby L. Rush, Senior Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Ms. Kwemo was instrumental in the U.S. Congress and played a key role in policy formulation on issues affecting the global economy. &nbsp;She worked tirelessly on the passage of legislations to increase U.S. – Africa trade relations that led to the first African Leaders Summit under President Barack Obama. Ms. Kwemo was President and Founder of the Congressional Africa