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Global Chambers

September 2021

Global Chamber

Dhaka holds Global

B2B Meetups on

Agriculture

and Seafood

Global Chamber Dhaka, hosted two online business Maimun Ur Rashid Mustafa, Executive Director of Global
to business matchmaking meetings events on the Chamber Dhaka assisted in the virtual matchmaking of
evenings of July 28 2021 and 11 August 2021 participating companies and commented that these sessions
respectively. The first event was based around were insightful to exchange business offerings and ideas for
agriculture, livestock and poultry and the second the expansion of businesses via the Global Chamber platform
was for businesses involved with seafood, fisheries and were examples of how businesses can carry out cross
and aquaculture. These were held The meetups border business effectively even in the time of the pandemic.
created a successful amalgamation between global The other collaborators of the event were Movementum
companies and individuals involved in the primary Consultancy and Facilitation Group and ICE Business Times.
industries and complimentary industries across the
supply chain of the areas of focus. The first meetup
was ideal for companies involved in any stage of the
agro industry, as well as, complimentary industries
such as agro-tech, agri-finance, agro insurance, and
stakeholder training to support ecosystems and
global trade pertinent to this sector. The following
meetup was organized for companies involved in
any stage of services and retail business, the fish
sector investors, independent restaurant owners,
seafood exporters and importers, tech companies,
packers, distributors and pertinent with aquaculture
research to support ecosystems and global trade
related to this seafood industry.
In the July meetup companies from all over the
globe attended the with the featured companies,
namely A.H. Global Trade, INC. USA, Joikko,
Bangladesh, Limra USA, Farmers Market Asia,
iPAGE, Pro Agro Bangladesh and Green Grain. The
significant presences in the seafood meetup was M
G Mustafa, President of Seafood Export Buying
Agents Association Bangladesh (SEBAAB) who were
the collaborators of the event. Additional
participants included speakers from Canada, USA,
Maldives, Ghana and Bangladesh.

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