Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Center FZCO

http://dragonmart.org/english/about2.asp Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Center FZCO On April 1, 2000, China Middle East Investment and Trade Promotion Center¡¯s predecessor, China Electronics and Machinery Products Exhibition Center, established operations in Sharjah. While it is a cooperative project between the governments of China and the UAE, the completion of China Electronics and Machinery Products Exhibition Center led to the birth of China Middle East Investment and Trade Promotion Center, Chinamex. In 2002, then Vice-president of the State Council of China Wu Yi visited the Middle East and gave a prompt to China Electronics and Machinery Products Exhibition Center. Chinamex has been created under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce Overseas Management Center. Since 2000, Chinamex has already become an important aspect of promoting the implementation of ¡°Going Global¡± strategy for Chinese companies. It promotes Chinese products in trying to create an ¡°international brand¡± by promoting the diversification of Chinese export markets as an important overseas window. Additionally, Chinamex has already created China¡¯s largest overseas trade platform. It provides high-level services for Chinese and foreign companies in the specialized areas of international exhibitions, commodities trade, Chinese company and city internationalization, investment, and reciprocal trade. Thousands of Chinese companies have used Chinamex as their road to international markets. At the same time, Chinamex has expanded direct investment in iron ore, oil and petrochemicals, and other international business domains. Chinamex has created the biggest economic and trade platform in Middle East---- Dragon Mart Dubai under the support of Chinese and UAE¡¯s government. After obtaining the successful experience of Dragon Mart Dubai, Chinamex decided to create the biggest economic and trade platform in Latin America under the support of both government of China and Mexico, it enjoyed widely reorganization and close attention from business circles of Mexico and its neighboring countries. Chinamex will provide the Commercial Zone of ¡°Dragon Mart Cancun¡± to the Trade Development Bureau of Chinese Ministry of Commerce as the exhibition hall of ¡°Chinese Products (Cancun) Long-term Exhibition¡±. It is intended to utilize the advantageous geographical location of Mexico and especially Cancun, well developed tourism resources and services of Cancun as an internationally well-known tourist city, the impact of Cancun to the Mexican area, North America and South America, helping the Chinese enterprises to enter and expand American market conveniently. Due to the wealthy experiences of Chinamex in building Dragon Mart Dubai and other overseas platforms, the Trade Development Bureau of Chinese Ministry of Commerce decided to entrust Chinamex as one of the organizers of the exhibition, offering coordination and services. More information about Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Center FZCO, please consult http://www.chinamex.com.cn/ Contact Information of Sponsor Name: The Trade Development Bureau of Chinese Ministry of Commerce Address: Donghuamen Office Area of Ministry of Commerce, No. 82, Dong¡¯anmen Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing Postcode: 100747 Telephone: 0086-10-85226420 Fax: 0086-10-85226470 Website: wmfzj.mofcom.gov.cn Contact Information of Organizers Name: Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Center Address: F308, Ocean Plaza, No. 158, Fuxingmen Nei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Postcode: 100031 Telephone: 0086-10-65542151 Fax: 0086-10-65542771 Website: http://www.chinamex.com.cn E-mail: yangrun@chinamex.com.cn Contact Person: Yang Run Name: Chengkai (Beijing) Investment Co., LTD. Address: Room 204, Unit 3, Building 6, Chegongzhuang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Postcode: 100044 Telephone: 010-52455160£¬52455170 Fax: 010-68002913 Website: www.bjchengkai.com E-mail: mxgkklc@sina.com QQ: 1422153546 Contact Person: Hu Lifeng Contact Information of Operation Management: Name: Management Dragon Mart Cancun, S.A. De C.V. Address in Mexico: Ave. Gomez Morin 911 Planta Alta, Desp. 24, Colonia del Valle, San Pedro Garza Garc¨ªa, Nuevo Le¨®n, M¨¦xico. Postcode: 66220 Telephone: 0052-8183785512 E-mail: management@dragonmartcancun.mx Contact Person: Mr. Arnulfo Garza Address in China: F308, Ocean Plaza, No. 158, Fuxingmen Nei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Postcode: 100031 Telephone: 0086-10-65542151 Fax: 0086-10-65542771 E-mail: yangrun@chinamex.com.cn Contact Person: Yang Run Contact Information of Service Partners: Name: COSCO Logistics Co,. Ltd. Address: New Henderson International Building 10-11 Floor, No.3, Maizidian West Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing Postcode: 100016 Website: www.cosco-logistics.com.cn E-mail: sunax@cosco-logistics.com.cn Contact Person: Sun Axue Name: Uni Logistics Inc. Address: Room 1301, Modern Transportation Business Building, No. 218, Hengfeng Street, Zhabei District, Shanghai Postcode: 200070 Telephone: 021-51801797 Fax: 021-51801756 Website: www.america-logistics.com Or www.china-logistics.com E-mail: tennisg@america-logistics.com Contact Person: Gu Minyi ================================================================================================================== Chinamex and Dragon Mart Nakheel and Chinamex announce the grand opening of 'Dragon Mart' Chinamex, the world's largest trading platform for Chinese manufactured goods outside China, will launch its Middle East operations on December 7th at a formal ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its landmark 'Dragon Mart', the permanent exhibition center in International City. United Arab Emirates: Sunday, December 05 - 2004 International City is in Al Warsan, and developed in partnership with Nakheel, the premier real estate developer in Dubai, and Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone Authority. The 'Dragon Mart' pavilion will house thousands of Chinese industrial enterprises offering tens of thousands of quality assured goods. The grand opening announcement was made at a press conference at the Shangri-La Hotel attended by China's Consul General to the United Arab Emirates, H.E. Yang Weiguo; China's Deputy Director General of the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Zhao Chuang; Chairman of China Business Council, Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Centre FZCO and Chinamex FZCO, Mr. Hao Feng; Nakheel Executive Chairman, H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and other senior Chinamex and Nakheel executives. 'We firmly believe that the opening of 'Dragon Mart' will transform trade relations between China and the rest of the world,' said Mr. Hao Feng. 'For the first time in history traders and importers from throughout the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe will have direct permanent access to thousands of China's best manufacturers under one roof in Dubai. Our aim is to facilitate the trading process. By bringing our companies closer to our global markets, by removing middle men and by reducing time and travel factors, we hope that this will translate in to significant savings for our business partners and make trading with China a pleasure. We believe that 'Dragon Mart' is a model for future trading platforms.' Mr. Hao Feng added that the 'Dragon Mart' includes extensive warehousing facilities, leading-edge logistics support and financing services. The 'Dragon Mart' complex will be inaugurated at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7th by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Defense Minister of the UAE. Mr. Hao Feng announced that China's Deputy Minister of Commerce, H.E. Wei Jian Guo will be present for the inauguration and will meet with press representatives after the inauguration ceremonies. The 'Dragon Mart' pavilion is the very first building to open within International City, the dramatic 800 hectare complex destined to be a world-class hub for international investors, traders and retailers from around the world. The 'Dragon Mart' extends for 1.2 kilometers across 50 hectares, covering 150,000 square meters of space divided in to several commercial and service areas and including an office complex and business centre. The Dragon head is a 2-storey structure measuring 18 meters high, 220 meters long and 210 meters wide. "The setting up of 'Dragon Mart' in Dubai symbolizes the rising importance of China in the Middle East regional scenario. China's image as an exporter has changed remarkably over the past few years, boosted by dramatic improvement in quality and innovation, making China one of the most sought-after providers of world-class products and services at globally competitive prices. 'Dragon Mart' will assemble some of the best Chinese companies and suppliers under one roof, for the benefit of the entire region and especially the UAE, which is one of the largest trading partners of China," said Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Nakheel. The opening of 'Dragon Mart' is the fruition of years of cooperation between Dubai and Chinese Businesses. 'Dragon Mart' has been established as a strategic partnership between Chinamex Middle East Investment & Trade Promotion Centre FZCO and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority. 'Dragon Mart' is the largest commercial platform for Chinese manufactures outside China. It is part of International City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, one of Nakheel's many iconic projects which include The World, The Palm and many others, which are the embodiment of Dubai's dream for tomorrow. 'Dragon Mart' is a joint venture between Chinamex Middle East Investment and Trade Promotion Centre FZCO and Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority aimed to establish a large-scale economic and trading platform for the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Europe. 'Dragon Mart' is comprised of a 1.2 kilometer dragon-shaped pavilion covering an area of 150,000 m² designed to house thousands of qualified Chinese manufacturing enterprises, allowing importers from around the world easy access to an extraordinary range of Chinese industrial products, complete with logistics and financial support systems. International City is located in Al Warsan, just 12 kilometers from Dubai's International Airport and it is a dramatic new complex that is destined to be a world-class hub for international investors, traders and retailers from around the world. The themed environment of residences, business opportunities and tourist attractions is expected to be completed at the end of 2006. When completed, International City will cover an area of 800 hectares of land and will comprise six key areas including The Central District, Dubai Design Centre, The 'Dragon Mart', The Residential District, Lakes District and the Forbidden City. © 1996-2012 by AME Info FZ LLC / Emap Limited. All rights reserved. This story was posted by Christine H. 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Guangzhou Market Yiwu Market info

=================================================================================================================== http://www.expo-centre.ae/en/pressread.asp?id=646 Guangzhou Market and Products Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre/Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre 西城商业电器城 / 西城电器城 Updated Feb 19 2008 01:52:16 Beijing Time Products: all sorts of electric appliances including TV sets, DVD players and audio products. Description: both are actually retail markets that pool all levels of electric appliances, including most big brands. However, the prices the businessmen claim in this sort of markets are usually fairly flexible, you may find the bargaining skill can help your pocket a lot. And if you are a real know-how, you can get what you want at an amazingly practical price. Add.: Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre, No. 9 – 19, Dongfeng Xi Lu, Guangzhou (广州市东风西路9-19号) Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre, No. 23 – 45, Dongfeng Xi Lu, Guangzhou (广州市东风西23-45号) Zip: 510 160 Tel.: 020 8181 2683, 8181 4288-278 (for Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre) 020 8183 7127 (for Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre) Bus lines: 4, 12, 46, 55, 62, 121, 124, 198, 215, 253, 276, 283, 289, 290 (for Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre) 4, 12, 34, 52, 55, 62, 80, 121, 124, 134, 215, 232, 241, 283, 289 ((for Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre)) (By Chen Wenli) [More Wholesale Markets] Source: www.lifeofguangzhou.com http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_34/node_187/index.shtml http://www.wowyiwu.com/products/ http://www.wowyiwu.com/yiwu_guide/exhibitions/ Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre http://www.ejetgroup.com/guangzhou-market/xicheng-electric-centre.html Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre Products: all sorts of electric appliances including TV sets, DVD players and audio products. both are actually retail markets that pool all levels of electric appliances, including most big brands. However, the prices the businessmen claim in this sort of markets are usually fairly flexible, you may find the bargaining skill can help your pocket a lot. And if you are a real know-how, you can get what you want at an amazingly practical price. Address: Xicheng Commercial Electric Appliances Centre, No. 9 �C 19, Dongfeng Xi Lu, Guangzhou Xicheng Electric Appliances Centre, No. 23 �C 45, Dongfeng Xi Lu, Guangzhou Industry: TV sets, DVD players, audio products, phones, camera, cumputers Haeinsa electrical Center Haeinsa electrical Center opened in September 1991, Guangzhou City is the first appliances professional market, operating daily from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm, shopping malls operating in various domestic and foreign brand-name home electrical appliances, up more than a thousand varieties of species. As shares of the company's first electric Haeinsa the professional market, Haiyin Electric Center has been in good faith "fashion taste, professional edge" business philosophy, and strive to create a professional electronics market. The business area is divided into four main areas: Old Field: The main white goods categories, including refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, range hoods, water heaters, etc., followed by radio products, mobile phones, parts and other amplification devices; new field: parts mainly engaged in audio, video category, LCD TVs, mobile phones, digital products and other electrical products. Second field: up to confluence of shops for electrical appliances large field, there are a variety of brand-name audio stores, mobile phones, digital products, electric toys, security monitoring equipment. Second, third floor: The main business is computers, video game category, printers and other office supplies. Haeinsa Electric Center for nearly 20 years experience of electrical development, adhere to the "self-employed, and standardize management" concept, has been at the cutting edge of fashion, contains the most practical, the most advanced technology products. And every self-employed have a price advantage, product quality assurance professionals in the country has done for you first product testing services, protect the quality of goods sold, and have someone to solve your pre-sales, after sales difficult problem. Your purchase of household appliances is the best choice for professional. Industry: refridge, washing machine, air conditioner, range hoods, water heater, radio products, mobile phone, amplification devices, audio, vedio, LCD TV, electric products, digital products

Africans in Guangzhou (1): Yuexiu Market--the Dynamic "Chocolate City" At the end of the 90s in the 20th century, the first batch of Africans came to Guangzhou, their first stop being Canaan clothing market [Clothes Trading Center]. Now, however, with Canaan clothing market as the center, many goods for export markets have sprung up in the surrounding one kilometer area. The people of Guangzhou have gradually come to call this area “Chocolate City”. China has been the biggest trade partner of Africa and the trade volume exceeded $110 billion in 2010[i]. Besides the purchase of oil and minerals done by Chinese government, a lot of Chinese goods also flew into local markets in Africa. We often see western media blaming on the negative economic impact of these low quality Chinese goods on the local markets in Africa.

When Nelson, a Nigerian, arrived in Guangzhou, he lived a typical “luggage bag” life—-carrying several tens of thousand of yuan here to purchase goods and then afterward stuffing them all in a few large luggage bags to fly back with him to Africa. “If I’m lucky, I can get on the plane without it being overweight and having to ship it.” Nelson says that the money for the his airplane ticket and for the goods to be purchased was pooled together by his entire family, that he must earn money, otherwise he will be looked down upon when he returns to Africa. Photo is of Nelson at a motorcycle parts store selecting goods.

Many Chinese shop owners say they don’t like to do business with Africans because they drive such a hard bargain and pay less than other foreigners or Chinese clients. Favour decides not to buy after she cannot get the price she wants at a shop in Guang Da, one of the largest wholesale markets in Guangzhou. San Yuan Li marketplace

But pay attention to the assumption of this argument: because the goods are made in China, the goods must be brought to Africa by Chinese merchants or Chinese government.

Is this assumption true? Africans in Guangzhou (1): Yuexiu Market--the Dynamic "Chocolate City" By JINGHAO LU on July 9, 2011 11:03 PM| 0 Comments| 0 TrackBacks China has been the biggest trade partner of Africa and the trade volume exceeded $110 billion in 2010[i]. Besides the purchase of oil and minerals done by Chinese government, a lot of Chinese goods also flew into local markets in Africa. We often see western media blaming on the negative economic impact of these low quality Chinese goods on the local markets in Africa.

But pay attention to the assumption of this argument: because the goods are made in China, the goods must be brought to Africa by Chinese merchants or Chinese government. Is this assumption true?

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Guangzhou's African Community

One of the biggest cities in China, Guangzhou locates at the southern coast of China, near Hong Kong and Macau. People here are crazy about eating. They like to go for "morning tea", which looks like a brunch. Everyone orders a pot of tea and countless delicious steamed food. Old people usually sit here for a whole morning, chatting with each other while refilling their teapot endlessly. Not known by many outsiders, also in this city, more than 100,000 Africans work and live here[ii]. Many are undocumented immigrants. Most of them come and purchase Chinese goods in large quantity from the manufacturers all over China, and ultimately ship the goods back to their motherland. Within a whole week, I spent my days and nights with these Africans, trying to figure out what is happening since the wind of globalization blew into this part of China. Guangzhou people gave the African community a distinctive name--"Chocolate City", directly referring to the skin color of these residents. This community is around the Xiaobei Station area, an extremely crowded trade center of many Chinese commodities--wigs, electronic products, apparels, shoes and many others. More than a dozen of specialized market buildings are here. Each is several stories tall and as wide as a U.S. high school building. Africans can be found everywhere, walking on the street, trading with others inside the buildings or chatting in Chinese and Middle-East restaurants. This is my first impression of the Chocolate City. Inside a Market Building Every specialized market building looks messy. In an apparel market, the ground was covered with trash and wrapping tapes. Loud music was played--sometimes African highlife music, sometimes African American raps, and sometimes Chinese love songs. Shops and shops are so close to each other, making it hard to walk through the corridor. Jeans, shirts, suits, ties, bags, shoes, perfumes and flags were hung on the wall outside of each shop. Buyers come from all over the world, mainly from Africa, Middle East and other regions in China. There were, however, not many buyers in the market today. Shop owners were chatting to each other, no matter what nation the other comes from. Nigerian shop owners on the ground floor Most of the Africans here were nice to me. They grabbed my hand and asked me to sit. They praised that I appeared to be nicer than many Chinese they encountered. To them, a lot of Chinese merchants were wicked and wanted to cheat them. They also complained to me that business was uneasy. The immigration regulation was tough, dollar is getting weak, and sometimes police will disturb them. Also, all the African shop owners do not really own their shops because foreigners are not allowed to do so. They actually rented the shops from Chinese. What is more, not every African is approachable. Some looked at me cautiously. I know many Africans in Guangzhou are illegal immigrants (I will explain this point in my later entries). They probably thought I was a Chinese police because Guangzhou police often raided the market without their uniform in order to make their inspection effective. African kid, Chinese kid, Chinese business owner, Chinese safeguard Besides Africans, I also talked to more than ten Chinese shop owners. All of them said they like Africans. Increasing number of African merchants means more business opportunities. Plus, many of these Chinese business people are not from Guangzhou, but instead from central Chinese provinces like Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei. They are immigrants themselves, and thus they are more sympathetic to the foreign immigrants. In this market I found Chinese shop owners made friends with many Africans within the region. A couple of them told me they had visited or planned to go to Africa as a result of the invitation from their African clients. More than that, I met at least five cases of interracial marriage, with one from China and the other from Africa. Usually the husband comes from Africa and the wife comes from a city other than Guangzhou. But there were exceptions. I also saw mix-blood babies walking around and playing with their African "uncles". A mix-blood child with her Chinese mom in the market

In all, Chinese-African Relationship within the Market looks good. I ended my day by eating African food at an African restaurant on the first floor of this apparel market. The owner is from Africa, and most of the customers are also Africans. Muslims join together for annual festival

GUANGZHOU -- Festivity was in the air as more than 10,000 Chinese and foreign Muslims celebrated Eid al-Adha or the Qurban Festival at four mosques in Guangzhou Tuesday. The Huaisheng Mosque and the Abu Waggas Tomb had to hold prayers twice on Tuesday in order to accommodate the number of worshippers. Among them were many African Muslims celebrating the festival with their brothers and sisters from China and other parts of the world. "This is my third Eid al-Adha in China. The festival here is just like that in my country, though I was only able to understand a small part of the imam's exhortations in Chinese," Sissoko Adama, a businessman from Mali, said. Sissoko said he came to Guangzhou because of the good environment for international trade. Like many other Africans in the city, he exports clothes, shoes and other commodities to Africa. "Though we are going through a financial crisis, I thank God my business is still doing well," he said. Guinean Conde Bangaly, 39, also has a company in Guangzhou. A devoted Muslim, he prays at the city's mosques almost every day, and Tuesday offered a sacrifice to celebrate Eid al-Adha, which means Festival of Sacrifice. "I killed a sheep as a sacrifice to Allah. I do it every year, whether in Africa or China," Conde said. He has been living in Guangzhou for the past five years. Since 2000, there has been a surge in the Muslim population in Guangzhou, most are engaged in trade or in the halal food business. The Guangzhou Islamic Association estimates the number of Muslims living in Guangzhou to be between 50,000 and 60,000, though the actual number may be higher. About half of the Muslim population comprises foreigners, with Africans being the largest group. The Xiaodongying Mosque, near Huanshi Middle Road where the offices and apartments of most Africans are located, has become a mosque dominated by them. Bai Lin, an imam at the mosque, said Africans account for about 70 percent of the worshippers. As the mosque is small, many have to pray on the sidewalks outside, he said. "The African Muslims in Guangzhou usually come from western African countries such as Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Niger. Most of them are very devout and humble," Bai said. Although language and religious differences make it difficult for most African Muslims to integrate into Chinese society, some of them are succeeding. Conde for example, has married a Chinese woman Wei Qiuhua, and is planning to buy an apartment in Guangzhou. The couple met two years ago in Guangzhou. Wei said at first her parents were against their marriage, but they later relented. "I have converted to Islam because I love Conde," the 24-year-old said. She has taken the Muslim name of Jamila. The wedding will be held today in Wei's hometown of Shanwei in southeast Guangdong. "Many of my relatives want to toast our marriage with a sip of wine, but I have told them it will be a wedding banquet without alcohol because we are Muslims," Wei said. They will hold another wedding ceremony in Guangzhou, where Conde will invite his African and Chinese friends. They are also planning to hold a ceremony in Guinea when they visit his parents next year. "I don't know whether we will live in China for the rest of our lives. Everything is decided by God," Conde said. ->buy clothes and computer parts ->Canaan market The Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences has estimated that there are around 30,000 legal migrants from Africa in the city. Its senior researcher Dr Peng Peng said the number of Africans arriving grew by around 30% to 40% annually between 2003 and 2008, but now appeared to have peaked. Local media have suggested there could be 100,000 African residents in total. The Red Guest House of Yiwu chinadaily.com.cn The red vinyl banner hanging from the front of Canaan market, a multi-storey wholesale emporium of cheap jeans and hair extensions, begins promisingly "Welcome to Guangzhou" and concludes, less warmly, "Please have your passport ready for checks by police". This southern city in China's Guangdong province has drawn hundreds of thousands of immigrants from across Africa in the last decade: from Burkina Faso and Somalia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, Tanzania and Angola. The banner and the dwindling numbers of traders here attest to an immigration crackdown that has alienated many and left young men injured and languishing in detention, community leaders say. Between 30,000 and 100,000 Africans, mainly young men, are living here. Most are traders lured by the cheapness and variety of goods made in the surrounding Pearl River Delta. In complexes such as Canaan, they purchase nappies, tractor parts, luxuriantly floral shirts, stock cubes, mobile phones, air conditioners, and pirate DVDs. In the Chinese-run cafes around the buildings they eat plantains and fufu as well as rice. Scant funds, don’t care about brands, loves to bargain, likes low-end products are characteristics of the large groups of African businessmen. Over time, these characteristics have led to Chinese businessmen to discriminate and become impatient with them. “[They're] the most practical in doing business the most practical, whereas you can see those European and Americans and Arabs are just different,” a Chinese seller said. Nevertheless, the trade market’s business is very flourishing every day, and the African demand for cheap goods have allowed the processing factories around the outskirts of Guangzhou to prosper. Photo is of a Chinese seller wiping the nose of an African buyer’s infant; using “friendliness” to get business. In Xiaobei, not far from the trading market, is Guangzhou’s largest African neighborhood. Many Africans coming to China for the first time will stay here, living with several or even over a dozen people in a room, beginning their “gold rush” here. Why have they collectively chosen Xiaobei? One long-term researcher of Africans in Guangzhou says: “This place has Guangzhou’s first proper Muslim restaurant.” And in Africa, those who believe in Islam are the majority. Photo is of an African youth eating at a food stall. The expansion of the African’s export business has also spawned African restaurants, African logistics, African intermediaries and other supporting businesses. African businessmen have also brought African laborers and African service staff. Photo is of locals who are no longer unused to seeing Africans.