Journey to Ghana Written by Angelique Watkins
PacRim "Mr. J E Jones sharing: We made our journey to Ghana and world will never be same. The trip was indeed historical but to say it was a total success would be a great understatement. We returned home. Only Ghana can make that claim. Slavery to Western Hemisphere started in Ghana 521 years ago. Of 46 slave castles that were used 22 were in Ghana. Every nation in slave business (England, Spain, Portugal, France, Amsterdam and Arab tribes) utilized Ghana. Thus, after 521 years of slave descendents intermarrying, it is indeed safe to say that every one of us whose ancestors were victimized by slavery has some amount of Ghanaian blood running in our veins. Ghana is home to all of us! Our reception was truly overwhelming. We met with President J. A. Kufuor where he talked with each of us one on one. The event was covered on national television and was in every newspaper. Ambassador Alan Kyerematen was our personal host and escort throughout week. We had personal presentations with 10 cabinet ministers. The King of Kyebi gave us a very grand reception at his palace. We were also given 4 evening receptions by US Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates and three Ghanaian dignitaries. We will begin establishing light manufacturing within Free Trade Zones in Ghana. The first will be a computer assembly plant by Shikaneh Koncepts from Prince Georges County, MD. A textile manufacturing assembly plant will come soon also. Working in Free Trade Zones is quite attractive. It is tax and duty free. One must be cognizant that Ghana's minimum wage is $1 per day. An American sock manufacturer has moved to Ghana to produce socks and ship back to US and is saving $12 million per year just in cost of doing business.
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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: Hispanic Business Womens Alliance has launched first hispanic - commerce website (http://www.hbwa.net) created to help Hispanic women entrepreneurs, professionals, corporate executives, inventors, and investors do business and collaborate among themselves. Lourdes Aponte-Rosario, President and Founder of Hispanic Business Womens Alliance (HBWA) stated, "Hispanic women with Internet access, will now have unique opportunity to identify, directly contact,
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