ABIC
African Business Innovation Center
The Chamber's hub for founders building across the corridor: business development guidance, market-entry planning and one-to-one counseling that continues as the company grows.
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Seattle ⇆ Africa · Est. in the Pacific Northwest
Trade That Moves in Both Directions
The African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest promotes an environment for direct trade and business prosperity between Africa and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Import & export
Guidance through trade and investment ventures with African markets.
Immigrant founders
Direct assistance for African immigrant business owners in the PNW.
Workshops & forums
Trade forums and networking built with subject matter experts.
NGO resources
Information for nonprofits and NGOs operating on the continent.
About us
A focal resource for two regions
We work with businesses in the Pacific Northwest and in Africa that are interested in doing business with one another.
Our mission
To promote an environment for direct trade and business prosperity between Africa and the Pacific Northwest.
We specialize in guiding clients through import, export and investment ventures with Africa. Members receive personalized counseling and ongoing support as their operations expand, and we use our network across both continents to tailor solutions to a specific business need.
- Personalized counseling for import, export and investment ventures
- Support for African immigrant business owners across the region
- Relationships with trade development organizations on both continents
Our vision
More jobs, on both sides of the corridor.
By enhancing trade and investment ties between the Pacific Northwest and Africa, the ACCPNW seeks to create more job opportunities both locally and internationally — and to become a focal resource for every business interested in the route between them.
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Programs
Where the work actually happens
Each program is built around a step businesses get stuck on — innovation, capital, public contracts and community funding.
Access to Capital
Lunch & Learn sessions with lenders and investors on what it takes to be funding-ready in the Pacific Northwest.
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Doing Business with the State
How to register, certify and compete for Washington State contracts — the procurement path, explained end to end.
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Fundraising
Campaigns and partner drives that fund the Chamber's workshops, forums and founder support across the region.
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Business Issues Forum
A monthly, member-only forum on the economic issues affecting trade between the two regions.
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