Africa is poor because she is not free.

Home                                                           Products with Purpose January 27, 2006. To Whom It May Concern It gives us great pleasure to work in partnership with Gloster Global Marketing, which is operated by Michael Gloster and his wife and partner, Victoria. They have spent many years in Africa, developing ground-up, cross-cultural business ventures -- from Liberia and Sierra Leone to Zimbabwe, South Africa, and surrounding countries. In the process, they have established extensive personal and business relationships from grass roots to parliaments. Their business venture, Gloster Global has developed a unique ability to find and develop high-value business partnerships with significant access and support on the ground. We have been most impressed by their work in Zimbabwe, a strife-torn southern African country. At the risk to life and limb, they have been instrumental in helping the native sculptors of that country establish lucrative world markets for their work, while allowing them to participate in a continuing revenue stream via licensing and trade-marking the works. Additionally, part of the proceeds from this venture funds an orphanage in Harare, Zimbabwe. As with everything that they do, these are more than just a straight-forward business deals, with both cause and purpose contained therein: To promote a family theme--emphasizing that the African people and the American people are one giant “family” which must be supportive of one another. We at the Free Africa Foundation are proud to have formed a partnership with these noble individuals to assist in the accomplishment of our mutual goal of a free Africa. George B.N. Ayittey, Ph.D. President, The Free Africa Foundation Washington, DC    Home                                                           Products with Purpose