Episode 010 - Kemi Arosanyin: Director Africa Trade Expansion Program at World Trade Center Miami

Africa Emerging with Tutu

Welcome to episode 10 the of Africa Emerging Podcast, my guest on the show today is Kemi Arosanyin she is an International trade development specialist working as the Director for Africa Trade Expansion programme World Trade Center Miami in charge of outreach to 48 countries in sub-Sahara Africa. The world trade center Miami is a member of WTC association with global headquarters in New York part of global network of the over 300 world trade centers across 90 countries globally, promoting 2 way trade between the west and other global market, facilitating market access, provide trade assistance, advocate for trade, support SME to come into the Americas market and SME within the US market.

In this episode of the show we talked about her academic background, professional background, how to stand out in a team, getting into a role in corporate America, career progression. She also talked about how she overcame challenges encountered during the initial integration in corporate America.

She gave a lot of insight about opportunities of trade in Africa, Africa trade expansion, talked about legislation such as AGOA – Africa Growth and Opportunity Act - The purpose of this legislation is to assist the economies of sub-Saharan Africa and to improve economic relations between the United States and the region.

Talked about the initiative such as Intra-Africa trade fair and Africa Continental Free Trade area to promote regional trade on the Africa continent creating a platform and a market access instrument to maximise the opportunity.

She was so passionate about this initiative. I really enjoyed this conversation and hope you enjoy it too