Board of Directors

Cinthia Loïs Ta is founder and Chief Executive officer of the African Chamber of Commerce Scandinavia (ACCS) whose purpose is to promote sustainable business and investment opportunities between Scandinavia and Africa.

Cinthia is also the Vice President of the 6^th Region Global Chamber of Commerce whose mission is to unite   and   empower   Africa’s   sustainable   economic   development   through   strong   partnerships   and   positive reconnections of the people of Africa and its descendants, including the indigenous people worldwide.

Cinthia served as the Secretary-General of the State of the African Diaspora an international Governmental organization with a purpose to strengthen Africa through the diaspora and the diaspora through Africa. However Cinthia remained in the leadership of ECO-6^th Region Secretariat, the administrative body of the State of the African Diaspora.

Cinthia is a member of the advisory board of the Africa Transport Trade Energy Summit (ATTES), a conference designed to present and promote the continent’s infrastructural potential. She also serves as ATTES Global Program Director, Nordic.

She also serves as an executive board member for the Alternative development organization (ADO) with particular focus on African Alternative Development initiative which seek to designed to shift current operating system of Africa from old model of exploitation to new model of empowerment and enables the people of Africa to take charge of their future by designing and implementing their own operating system which is based on the principles of Environmental Responsibility, Energy Efficiency, and Sustainability (EES).

In 2004, she worked as a Business development consultant for the Ministry of Industry and Private Sector Development in Ivory Coast.

In 2009 she was appointed by the government of Nigeria to organize the Economic forum and the official visit of Jonathan Goodluck in the Nordic countries.

From January 2015 to December 2017, Cinthia has been teaching “Organization and Management”, “Africa in globalization” and “Corporate Social Responsibility” at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) at the Master level.

Cinthia is the co-author of a book entitled: “From trade agreement to transport performance – up to 2050” which was released in May 2020.

Cinthia now working on another book entitled: Post Conflict Reconstruction and the role of Government- The case of Ivory Coast” which is to come out in a year time. 

Her vision is to expand, create and reinforce existing cooperation and partnership between the Nordic countries and Africa and thereby help the African continent in its effort to establish sustainable development.   

Born in Panama City, Panama, she is the founder and Chairman of the 6TH Region Global Chamber of Commerce, Universal Peace Ambassador for Panama, an Author and International Bestseller, a Motivational Speaker, a Life Coach, a Talk show host, the CEO of Love, Truth and Peace Global Initiative; Panama World Trade and Investment Foundation; and the Harris Business Enterprise. 

The dedicated social and political activist has selflessly committed more than thity four years of her life to the social and economic development and advancement for people in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States of America. 

Specializing in international economic investment and trade development, she has helped nations move forward towards sustainable economic development by empowering the future generation through programs focusing on youth entrepreneurship. 

She has partnered with foreign governments to build meaningful and long-standing relationships, successfully thriving in international business, and excelling in the private sector. 

Dr. Melida Harris Barrow Has taking Social Economy
& Tourism to the next level.
She’s training and educating the people in the diaspora and the world by demonstrating and broadening their knowledge of trade and the global economy, this approach will open opportunities for growth and business development, economic development is not an end in itself, but an essential element for sustained change so that families and communities can create environments where everyone benefits.

Achievements & Awards

• Afrique Magazine Award for Promoting the African Culture and Continuing to Serve and Support People of African Descent
• Chicago Carifette Committee Award for Leadership-Contribution in Promoting Caribbean Culture
• iChange Nations Great Leader Award
• Women Add Value Recognition “Women Leadership” Award
• Distinguished Leadership Recognition Official Medallion Winner
• Appointed the Golden Rule Goodwill Ambassador
• Presidential Award from the former President of Ethiopia Girma Wolde – Giorge Award as a Human Conservation Solutionist
• African Network of Southwest Florida – Keynote Speaker Award; USA Africa
Bridge Builder Award
• COESL Dynamic Youths Grenada Business Hub Sustainable Development Through Entrepreneurship Conference Partnership Award
• Youth Add Value – Sculpting Excellence and Advancing Leadership Award
National Statesmen Degree (non-academic degree) for the governing body of iChange
• Global Humanitarian Award by Love International from Trinidad & Tobago
• She was recently awarded for her valuable contribution to society as a permanent and high representative of the Afro-Descendant Culture in Panama from the organizers of the 5th International African Festival of Panama
• The President of Costa Rica, The Honorable, Luis Guillermo Solis presented the Limon Roots Award to Dr. Melida A. Harris Barrow for her important philanthropic work and promotion of business development of the Afro-descendant community at an international level.

Congressional Award “Woman of the Year Award” by Congressman Danny K. Davis Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force

Diambi Kabatusuila was crowned as the ruler of the Bena Tshiyamba People of Bakwa Indu of Central Kasaï Region part of the ancient Luba Empire in the Democratic Republic of Congo on August 31st 2016. She has been enthroned by all the Bakwa Luntu Chiefs on July 15 2017 and now holds the Title of Diambi Mukalenga Mukaji Wa Nkashama Wa Bakwa Luntu (Queen of the Order of the Leopard of the Bakwa Luntu People). She was invested in Kinshasa by the Association of Congo Traditional and Customary Authorities on August 5th 2017. On March 3, 2019, the Queen was crowned in Salvador de Bahia, Queen Mother of the Bantu People of Brazil, the Historical African Diaspora, which has a population of nearly ninety million people The Queen has been awarded with the title of Grande Mãe do Povo Bantu do Brasil and received the Tiradentes Medal, highest honor from Parliament in Brazil in March 2019.

Born in Belgium to a Belgium Mother and Congolese Father who was a Diplomat. She grew up in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Queen has an extensive experience of multiculturalism not only because of her own background but also because she has traveled and lived in many different countries. She speaks several languages. Queen Diambi hold a Doctorate of Public Administration and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Humanities, a Professorship in International Law and Order, a Master of Science in Applied Psychology and a Master Of Science in Mental Health Counseling. She has worked as an infants and children Mental Health Therapist as well as a Substance Addiction Specialist. Queen Diambi has consecrated much time mastering issues relating to trauma and how it affects identity. She is a trained EMDR therapist and holds a Degree as a Practitioner of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Queen Diambi is also a certified Math and French Teacher,

she taught French in an International Bacaloreate program in Florida. Queen Diambi also hold a Bachelor Science in Business Finance and Economics. She has worked for several years as an Economic Consultant with the Observatoire Social Européen in Brussels for the European Commission and other governmental agencies in the EU.

Queen Diambi is the Founder and Executive Director of the Elikia Hope Foundation, New York USA. She is Vice President of FONKABE non-profit in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo. Queen Diambi is the Director of Public Relations of the PanAfrican Council of Traditional and Customary Authorities, Cotonou, Benin. She is Vice Chairperson of the Global Blockchain Organization and sits on the Advisory Board of the Alternative Development Organization, Tokyo, Japan. Queen Diambi is Member of the advisory board of the Africa Chamber of Commerce Scandinavia.

From a young age Queen Diambi has always been very interested in all matters concerning the restoration of the African Identity through the study of African history and of the cultural traditional Heritage of the continent and beyond. One of her main projects, besides the enterprise of rural development of Central Kasaï is to seek alliances to change the narrative about African People. Queen Diambi works on promoting the restoration of the African Identity by encouraging people to learn about their true history, and by promoting the appreciation of their African Ancestral heritage in cultures, languages, folklore and traditions, all of which place the greatest value on compassion, respect, solidarity and the primordial role of the Creator in all aspects of existence.

Queen Diambi strongly believe in promoting a culture of peace in the world. She thinks that to insure that we are creating a peaceful environment in an ever challenging global milieu, it is primordial to foster a compassionate attitude, mutual respect and a desire for understanding people who are different and who often have opposing interests .  Queen Diambi has taken many initiatives to create such opportunities by traveling  across the globe to seek friendship and alliances between her People and diverse communities by encouraging people to go outside of their comfort zone to reach out and share about their experiences, culture, history and traditions as well as to learn about others’. In her view the will and the decision to reach out to others with an open heart to highlight similarities in fundamental needs, concerns, values and aspirations  is the premise of friendship that can pave the way for peace and prosperity for all.

“Prince is a member of the Board of Directors of the ACCS with a focus on development projects related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Prince maintains a keen interest in the socio-economic development of his home country, where he has been engaged as a coordinator for several projects initiated by the DRC’s Presidency.”