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Tanzania to host international tourism conference
2006-07-18 09:25:40
By Special Correspondent, Abuja, Nigeria
Tanzania has agreed to host the eighth international meeting on tourism organised by the US based foundation Leon H Sullivan to be held in Arusha on May 2008.
President Jakaya Kikwete who is in Abuja Nigeria attending the same meeting that runs for four days is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the foundation indicating Tanzania’s acceptance to host the meeting.
Together with the signing, President Kikwete will receive a torch from the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo whose country is hosting the meeting for the two consecutive phases.
A total of 6,000 participants from United States and some from Africa are expected to attend the meeting whose main agendas, among others, are expected to be tourism and infrastructure.
Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing Nazir Karamagi is expected to feature in the discussion on improving trade relations between Africa and United States through African Growth Opportunity Act, AGOA.
Other high profile individuals who are expected to feature at the meeting include the former US President Bill Clinton.
Leon H. Sullivan, an African American who was in the forefront in struggle for blacks rights, was the first black to be General Motors board member.
From that time Sullivan has been convening several meetings that brought together Africans and rich African Americans, big businesspeople, investors and black anti racist activists to appeal for their contribution in kind and money to develop the African continent.
Leon H Sullivan died in 2001 and then Leon. H. Sullivan Foundation was established in his honour for his efforts to develop Africans and their continent by ensuring the black Americans are contributing much for the development of Africa.
Since its establishment, it has enabled 18,000 participants worldwide to go to Africa with the aim of building a bridge between Africa and United States.
Though its underground campaigns, the Foundation has been working with US government, different organizations and the blacks leadership to facilitate debt cancellation, worth USD 60 billion, training in banking to 250 Africans.
Others activities by the foundation include building of more than 1,000 schools and provision of teachers to different African countries, training of 1 million farmers on how to use 20,000 wells for irrigation.
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