So many contacts: Networking in London

The PROINVEST delagation, accompanied by Perez Ochieng of Sacoma, participated in a monthly networking eent organised by the Barking and Dagenham Chamber of Commerce. The meeting provided many opportunities. We met an accountant who has contacts with potential clients. We met a printer who will put us in touch with a jeweller, interested in the Tanzanian gems. We met a health charity with whom important relationships can be developed.
The treasurer of the chamber was delighted to tell me that his 200 year old company makes drums. In its first 100 years most of the drums went to Africa, where they were used to transport cement.
The conversation reminded me that there are so many opportunities of doing business in Africa that companies in Europe are taking advantage of. There is every reason for a Tanzanian company to make drums. Why leave it to the Brits? Could contacts like this be a beginning for knowledge sharing that could lead to more profits being generated and retained by African companies?