7. Trade Event Schedule

Technical seminars for AfDB staff and borrowers:

Event Name:         Seminar
Event Date:         October 1994
Industry Theme:     Mining and Extractive Technologies
Type of Event:      Technical seminar to the AfDB
Location:           Abidjan, C te d'Ivoire
Recruiter's Name:   Emmanuel Morrison
Tel:                (225) 21-09-79, 21-46-16
Fax:                (225) 22-32-59, (Direct Line): 22-24-37

This technical seminar will feature the expertise and equipment
of three to six U.S. firms specializing in mining and extractive
industries.  The audience in Abidjan will consist of AfDB
officials, visitors from the borrowing countries of the AfDB, and
representatives of local organizations interested in solutions
to mining and extractive industries.

Regional Foreign Buyer Program  (FBP) Trips:

Event Name:         Comdex/Fall '95
Event Date:         November 15-19, 1994
Industry Theme:     Computers
Type of Event:      Foreign Buyer Program
Location:           Las Vegas, Nevada
Recruiter's Name:   Gerard Amangoua
Tel:                (225) 21-09-79, 21-46-16
Fax:                (225) 22-24-37, 22-32-59

Over the last five years the African Development Bank has sent
several computer specialists to attend the fall Comdex trade show
in the U.S.  Foreign buyers travelling to this event include
Ivorians looking for distributorship or agency agreements, as
well as other West Africans from the private and public sectors.

Event Name:         California Farm Equipment Show
Event Date:         February, 1995
Industry Theme:     Agriculture
Type of Event:      Foreign Buyer Program
Location:           Tulare, California
Recruiter's Name:   Emmanuel Morrison
Tel:                (225) 21-09-79, 21-46-16
Fax:                (225) 22-24-37, 22-32-59

This new Foreign Buyer Program trip is intended to bring AfDB
officials and others in the agricultural sector in the region to
California's Central Valley to see the latest technological
developments in the U.S. agricultural sector.  Ivorian and other
West African agricultural specialists will visit the exhibition
and contact directly U.S. manufacturers of agricultural equipment
and U.S. agricultural consultants, extension workers, and
training experts.

Event Name:         PC Expo '95
Event Date:         June 1995
Industry Theme:     Computers
Type of Event:      Foreign Buyer Program
Location:           New York, New York
Recruiter's Name:   Adjoa Imboua-Niava
Tel:                (225) 21-09-79, 21-46-16
Fax:                (225) 22-24-37, 22-32-59

PC Expo has been a very popular Foreign Buyer Program
destination for buyers throughout West and Central Africa over
the last four years.  The African Development Bank has included
this program in its annual outreach activities for its computer
specialists.  Those attending each year buy products and
equipment, place advance orders, inform themselves of the latest
innovations, and market their companies as possible agents and
distributors for U.S. products in Africa.

Outreach seminar for U.S. suppliers:

Event Name:         Business Opportunities at the AfDB
Event Date:         May, 1995
Type of Event:      Outreach seminar for U.S. companies
Location:           U.S. cities (TBD)
Recruiter's Name:   Nikki Brajevich
Tel:                (225) 21-09-79, 21-46-16
Fax:                (225) 22-24-57, 22-32-59