ADVISORY/West Africa: The New Investment Frontier.Business, City & Assignment/Daybook Editors ADVISORY ... Monday, July 10 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000 You are cordially invited to attend a Reception to officially launch an unusual private-sector Trade Mission to Ghana, West Africa Who: The Honorable Koby Koomson, Ghana Ambassador to the United States Congressman Greg Meeks, 6th District, New York (Queens) Kennon A. Brennen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Phyto-Riker Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Modern Africa Growth & Investment Company (MAGIC) When: 7-9 p.m. Monday, July 10, 2000 Where: The Club House, 45 Wall Street What: An important new West African pharmaceutical company and a trade mission of nearly two dozen African-American businessmen and women are building two-way business traffic between West Africa and New York City. -- Reception with exotic drinks and hors d'oeuvres from West Africa -- Photo opportunities with government officials and mission members in colorful dashiki da·shi·ki also dai·shi·ki n. pl. da·shi·kis A loose, brightly colored African garment. [Yoruba dà and headdress -- Interview opportunities with authoritative and quotable quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot public figures and African-American entrepreneurs, with facts and figures about West Africa as the new frontier for private investment, including: Kennon A. Brennen, CEO of Phyto-Riker Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. NYC-based Phyto-Riker, one of the largest minority-led pharmaceutical companies in the world, is on a mission to bring low-cost AIDS and other drugs to the people of Africa. With $29 million in financing from JVW JVW J. Virgil Waggoner (president of JVW Investments) Investments and Modern Africa Growth & Investment Company (whose investors include Citigroup, Microsoft, Archer Daniels Midland The Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), is a conglomeration based in Decatur, Illinois. ADMoperates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into numerous products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial and animal feed , Equitable UK, Societe Generale and SunAmerica), Phyto-Riker's huge plant in Accra, Ghana is already turning out life-saving drugs at rock-bottom prices for this ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. region. CEO Ken Brennen is not only a humanitarian but a brilliant businessman -- a most unusual combination. The Phyto-Riker story has never been told in the U.S. -- this is your chance to break it. Members of the trade mission Typical small and mid-size African-American businessmen and women who have the business skills and capital to create jobs both in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Ghana on similar socially useful projects. Each one has a special reason for joining the mission, and an individual take on its goals. RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. Linda Perkins, Director of Public Relations, Phyto-Riker, at (212) 269-7982 45 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 |
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