By Hadi Fornaji.
Tripoli, 26 October 2013:
The business opportunities worth an estimated $100 million in the Libyan data storage and communications market . . .[restrict]will be the focus of an intense one-day briefing at the start of next month, in the United States at San Jose.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is organising what it describes as a “reverse trade mission”, by bringing key players in Libyan Information and Communications Technology, including Communications Minister Osama Siala, to the San Jose Marriott. There,on 6 November, they will meet US firms eager to know Libya’s ICT plans and then to pitch their equipment and software.
Beside the minister, the Libya team will include LTT chairman Abdulbaset Kraim, as well as data centre specialists from the Central Bank, the National Economic Development Board and specialist Libyan ICT companies.
Amin Salam, business development manager at the US Arab Chamber of Commerce, which is promoting the event, said that US attendees would: “meet and network one-on-one with senior government and industry officials responsible for implementing Libya’s internet data centre projects”.
Not only would they be briefed on the potential deals and their procurement timelines but they would also be told of best practice for conducting business in the country. In addition they will receive an outline of the support that US government agencies can give them in winning and executing Libyan projects. [/restrict]
