Matt Liu is the executive director of the Made in Africa Initiative, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) supported NGO that aims to help African countries to capture the window of opportunity for industrialisation arising from the relocation of light manufacturing from China. Liu He has been closely working with and facilitating several Chinese organisations on their investment projects across African countries mainly in manufacturing, textile & garment, fishery, agro-processing and agriculture sectors and has successfully created over 10,000 jobs. Liu is also the co-founder of C&H Garment in Rwanda, which has become the largest garment exporter of its kind only after two years of operation. Prior joining MIAI, he was the managing director of a private Australian hospitality business.
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