MEDIA & SPEAKING

...The World Trade Center Arkansas was a sponsor for the summit and Denise Thomas, Director of Africa and Middle East Trade for the Center served as a moderator on a panel discussing opportunities for U.S. businesses on the continent....

Global leaders, trade experts and policy representatives of several African countries are in Northwest Arkansas to engage U.S. businesses to accelerate economic growth for both regions...

Toyin Umesiri has spent the better part of three years trying to turn more eyes toward economic opportunities in Africa. A native of Nigeria, Umesiri left a retail career with Walmart Inc. in September 2017 and chose to follow her passion...

Toyin Umesiri has been out of Africa for well over a decade; but Africa has not been out of her. Her sojourn in the United States of America has seen her married, start a family and work in two Fortune 500 companies. In her own words...

March 10, 2018 – After over a decade working in corporate America: Fortune 1 (Walmart) and Fortune 150 (Whirlpool Corporation), Nigeria-born-US based businesswoman, Toyin Umesiri made the big leap to full time entrepreneurship after she resolved to follow her passion for Africa...

Business and government dignitaries from more than a dozen African countries convened in Bentonville Thursday (May 10) at the state’s first Trade with Africa Summit — a two-day event spearheaded by Toyin Umesiri and sponsored by Walmart, Westrock Coffee Company, Tyson Foods...

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener of the Trade with Africa Business Summit. After over a decade working in corporate America; at Fortune 1 (Walmart) & Fortune 150 (Whirlpool Corporation), she made the big leap to full time entrepreneurship to follow her passion for Africa.

Toyin Umesiri was born in northern Nigeria. In 2004 she arrived in the U.S. to enroll in a Masters in Information Systems program at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan...

March 16, 2018 – Bentonville, Arkansas, in the United States, is the most unusual place to build good reputation for Africa. It is not considered an important place for international relations, yet big and small businesses thrive there. It is the city of Walmart, the multinational retail corporation...

The Trade with Africa Business Summit convened in Bentonville, Ark. on Thursday and Friday this week. The summit was convened by Nazaru CEO Toyin Umesiri who designed the summit to position Arkansas...

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener for the Trade with Africa Business Summit. In 2017, she made the big leap from corporate America into full-time entrepreneurship to focus on increasing trade between U.S. and Africa

February 10, 2018 – The Trade with Africa Business Summit 2018 is the inaugural event that convenes global business leaders, innovators and change agents driving sustainable agriculture, global trade, digital acceleration, and women empowerment on the continent of Africa...

March 16, 2018 –Where can existing business leaders and Olin business students find a market of 1.1 billion people? Or a market that demands innovation in sustainable and affordable agriculture, support for a burgeoning middle class, and action to build new supply chains?...

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener of the Trade with Africa Business Summit...

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener of the Trade with Africa Business Summit. After over a decade working in corporate America; at Fortune 1 (Walmart) & Fortune 150 (Whirlpool Corporation), she made the big leap to full time entrepreneurship to follow her passion for Africa.

Did you know that there are 54 countries on the African continent? That’s 54 opportunities to trade and foster communications with nations that are up-and-coming in the sphere of innovation! Toyin Umesiri, CEO and founder of Nazaru, talks with us about commercial interests in Africa...

February 24, 2018 – Nazaru’s next major event is the Trade with Africa Business Summit 2018, which will be held on May 10th & 11th, 2018. One of the goals of this event is to increase awareness about commercial opportunities mutually beneficial to African and U.S businesses....

January 23, 2018 – The Trade with Africa Business Summit will convene in Bentonville, Ark. from May 10-11th, 2018. The Summit is designed to position Arkansas as a favorable destination for African business and political leaders looking to create new partnerships in the U.S...

Dec 26, 2017 - BENTONVILLE, — The Trade with Africa Business Summit 2018 is the inaugural event that convenes global business leaders, change agents and innovators driving digital acceleration, sustainable agriculture, global trade and women empowerment on the continent ...

Toronto, Canada - According to the US department of commerce, the United States has a $37 billion in total (two ways) goods trade with SubSaharan Africa countries during 2015. Goods exports totaled $18 billion...

South Africa - US and Africa business sectors want to use 2018 as the year they turned their fortunes around and set a platform for continuous growth for all its peoples.

Bentonville, Arkansas, will host the the Trade with Africa Business Summit 2018, an inaugural event that convenes global business leaders, change agents and innovators driving digital acceleration, sustainable agriculture, global trade and women empowerment on the continent of Africa.