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D.C. - Dakar Talk Our News Is Your News 2000 Upshur Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20018 USA Telephone: 202-635-7479 Fax: 202-635-4140 E-Mail: srs-usasc@rcn.com Web site: www.usasc.org
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Zambia rank first among a number of small African countries receiving significant FDIs when measures in terms of gross domestic capital formation. UNCTAD says privatization played a greater role in attracting FDI to Africa during the 1990's, especially in the telecommunications and mining sectors compared to the previous decade. The lion’s share of privatization between1990 and 1998 went to South Africa (1.4billion dollars), Ghana ($769 million), Nigeria ($500 million), Zambia ($420 million) and Cote d’Ivoire ($373 million). There are more than 90 businesses listed on the world wide exchange of Black-owned publicly traded companies. For more information on these and other companies go to: www.wallstreetintheblack.com CALENDAR OF EVENTS December 20 DC-Dakar general membership meeting and Christmas Celebration with Mayor Anthony Williams 25 Christmas - invite an African student to dinner. 26- 31 Kwanzaa, an African American cultural holiday January 15 Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration - UDC - 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, 10:00 A.M. 17 DC- Dakar General Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking) February 10 DC- Dakar general Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking)		March 15 DC- Dakar general Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking) April 16 DC- Dakar general Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking) 25-29 U.S. Africa Sister Cities Conference May 18 DC- Dakar general Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking) June 12 DC- Dakar general Membership meeting UPO 401 M St., SW, Ste. 216, 6:45 p.m. (two hours of free parking) ANNOUNCEMENTS U.S. Africa Sister Cities Foundation was incorporated in Washington, D.C. in October 2000. The following are members of the board James Atwater and Shirley Rivens Smith, Washington, D.C., Dr. Mark Bean, Amesbury, MA, Edna Mosley, Denver, CO, Dr. Millie Russell, Seattle, WA, George Stokes, Tacoma, WA, John Knight Doe, Louisville, KY, Dr. John Wright, St. Louis, MO, Carol Dawley, Roselle, IL, Effie Clarke, Carson, CA and LaValle Holmes, San Francisco, CA. The Tenth Annual U.S. Africa Sister Cities Conference will be held in Washington, D.C., April26-28, 2001. For further information please contact D.C.-Dakar In November the Tacoma, Washington Sister City traveled to their sister city George, South Africa on a trade mission.