DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval’s trade mission to
Africa concluded on Friday in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa.
Durban, also known as eThekwini Municipality, is home to the largest and
busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa concluded on Friday in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa.
Durban, also known as eThekwini Municipality, is home to the largest and
busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa.
The third and final leg of the mission was highlighted by meetings
Thursday with Mayor Cllr Zandile Gumede, Kwazulu Natal Premier
Thembinkosi Willies Mchunu, Kwazulu Natal Minister of the Executive
Council for Finance Belinda Francis Scott, and U.S. Consul General
Sherry Zalika Sykes.
Thursday with Mayor Cllr Zandile Gumede, Kwazulu Natal Premier
Thembinkosi Willies Mchunu, Kwazulu Natal Minister of the Executive
Council for Finance Belinda Francis Scott, and U.S. Consul General
Sherry Zalika Sykes.
A tour of the Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone, which was
established to promote international trade, followed. There the
delegation visited the Dube AgriZone facilities, which specialize in
technical support for propagating, growing, packing and distributing
perishables and horticultural products for export, and the Dube AgriLab,
a micro-propagation facility of high quality disease-free plants
through sterile tissue culture. Indoor agriculture, which uses less
water and land, is an emerging industry in Nevada.
established to promote international trade, followed. There the
delegation visited the Dube AgriZone facilities, which specialize in
technical support for propagating, growing, packing and distributing
perishables and horticultural products for export, and the Dube AgriLab,
a micro-propagation facility of high quality disease-free plants
through sterile tissue culture. Indoor agriculture, which uses less
water and land, is an emerging industry in Nevada.
On Friday, the delegation toured Transnet Port of Durban, which handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year.
“When you visit facilities such as the Dube TradePort and Transnet
Port of Durban, it really opens your eyes to the potential benefits of
closer ties between Nevada and Durban, as well as the other communities
we visited over the past week,” Governor Sandoval said. “I hope this
mission lays the foundation for growing commerce between Nevada, South
Africa and Ghana and results in greater prosperity for all our people
and I thank the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for taking the
lead in organizing this mission.”
Port of Durban, it really opens your eyes to the potential benefits of
closer ties between Nevada and Durban, as well as the other communities
we visited over the past week,” Governor Sandoval said. “I hope this
mission lays the foundation for growing commerce between Nevada, South
Africa and Ghana and results in greater prosperity for all our people
and I thank the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for taking the
lead in organizing this mission.”
“As we’ve seen with other successful trade missions, there is no
substitute for face-to-face interaction for building enduring
relationships between Nevada and our international trading partners,”
said GOED Executive Director Paul Anderson. “I look forward to hosting
our new friends from Ghana and South Africa in Nevada and further
solidifying opportunities for collaboration and commerce.”
substitute for face-to-face interaction for building enduring
relationships between Nevada and our international trading partners,”
said GOED Executive Director Paul Anderson. “I look forward to hosting
our new friends from Ghana and South Africa in Nevada and further
solidifying opportunities for collaboration and commerce.”
