

Center for International Trade Development – CITD – Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Dr. Said El Mansour Cherkaoui working at the Center for International Trade Development – CITD – Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), Dr. Said El Mansour Cherkaoui had increased it global outreach through the consultancy provided and the representation of U.S. Enterprises in events facilitating the signature of the Free Trade with Morocco and MOU with China Provinces and African Professional and Governmental Agencies. Dr. Cherkaoui has contribute in reorganizing the international strategies of CITD clients which developed trade and financial relations with Brazil, Mexico, MENA and Sub-Saharan French speaking countries.

Deputy President Liu Xiao Dong, Guizhou Province China
Dr. Said El Mansour Cherkaoui was invited to China by our Government and have contributed directly in advancing the trade and economic development of Guizhou international Trade relations by setting the right directions and plans that benefited directly our local, interregional and foreign trade expansion.

Selma Taylor – CEO, Carat
Africana Enterprise with its Team of Tech Savvy and International experts have been crucial for our clients in their first time access to markets in Southern Europe and North Africa. These first expansions helped our clients to adapt their products to the specific local and regional demands.
Arthur Washington – President,
Alexander Business Group

Dr. Cherkaoui as Executive Director of the Mercanteo and Ambient Startup has directly establish and built a bond of trust with the investors and the clients that have helped these two Startechs to raise more capital and to increase their market value and presence in the Tech Sector.
Wesley Young – CEO,
International Education Consulting

Dr. Said El Mansour Cherkaoui brought not only a solid academic background to the classroom, but also a wealth of business experience both in the US and in Asia and Latin America. He is passionate about his students and his work outside the classroom. This made him one of the most effective faculty that we had teaching at the time – at Pacific Rim Center and Wesley Young was the Executive Director.
Ershan Ertuzun, World İstanbul Dünya Ticaret Merkezi

Dr. Cherkaoui has succesfully conducted numerous trade missions, represented U.S. companies at trade shows, and helped companies develop their businesses overseas. His academic works have a significant contribution to the global business community, executives in world trade, and entrepreneurs. I worked with Dr. Cherkaoui at the East Bay Center for International Trade Development. His expertise and services included and not limited to; – Consulting services to small businesses and the Center’s clients regarding their products and market entry in Latin America and Southeast Asia as well as in the Mediterranean regions,
Negotiation with Dr. James Garrett, the Dean of Instruction at Vista Community College for the accreditation and the Delivery of the Training Program for the Chinese Delegation from Guizhou. Always a role model and source of influence, Dr. Cherkaoui possesses extensive hands-on experience in a wide range of industries, as well as academic achievements, in the field of international trade and economic development.
Creation and delivery of workforce training programs such as the Workshop on International Trade, International Market and International Business Development,
Development of International Business Plans for foreign delegations,
Operating business strategy that he wrote and submitted to the Director Fazale Sharif on the operation of the Center for International Trade Development,
Negotiation with the Chinese Delegation from Guizhou, . Always a role model and source of influence, Dr. Cherkaoui possesses extensive hands-on experience in a wide range of industries, as well as academic achievements, in the field of international trade and economic development.
Keith Rayner, CEO
Kemarra, Inc., San Francisco, California and Johannesburg, South Africa

I met Dr. Cherkaoui as Senior Advisor for African Affairs while he was organizing the International Conference on AGOA. Together with Richard Soyombo, the Director of the Bay Area CITD, we develop programs of presentations and training on Africa:
CITD Seminar – Doing Business in Africa
During the same time Dr. Cherkaoui as Executive Director of the Mercanteo and Ambient Startups has directly establish and built a bond of trust with the investors and the clients that have helped in creating synergies between the business communities of the Silicon Valley, the Bay Area of San Francisco and the African Business Leaders
San Francisco Chamber of commerce

Dr. Cherkaoui as Co-Chair of the International Business Development, with Laurent Roffee of Terra Consulting International have worked as tandem to facilitate and organize foreign trade visits to California and the U.S., including the meeting and the signing of business agreements with Mr. Liu the Vice-Mayor of Beijing, China, the Vietnam Plastics Association, the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, , the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce, the National Cocoa and Coffee Board in Cameroon – ONCC and several African countries.
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