HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Texas Africa Chamber of Commerce (TXACC) is a nonprofit business platform that was founded in November 2018 by two young entrepreneurs from Burkina Faso, Mr. Posso Ganame and Mr. Aboubakar Lougue.

The chamber aims to ease Africans economic integration in the United States and to boost economic relationships between Texas and the African countries.

The platform was established to advance the general welfare and prosperity of Africans and Texans so that their citizens and diverse business communities can cooperate and thrive through trade and investment.

TXACC was officially launched on April 22nd, 2019, at the Houston City Hall before the Mayor of Houston; local & state elected officials; members of U.S. Congress and high dignitaries from African Embassies in Washington D.C.