Meet MUSBA
MUSBA's headquarters are in Washington, D.C., where its affairs are directed by its president Mr. Paul Ryberg.
Mr. Ryberg is also a founding partner of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Ryberg and Smith, L.L.C., where his practice focuses on international trade law, including extensive experience in U.S.-Africa trade for more than 30 years. Mr. Ryberg's law practice also includes advising clients on textile and apparel trade, agricultural trade (including sugar in particular), Customs issues affecting a variety of products and import programs, and lobbying Congress on trade legislation.
In addition, Mr. Ryberg has served as the President of the African Coalition for Trade, Inc. (ACT), a non-profit association of private sector interests in a variety of African nations. ACT serves as an umbrella group linking MUSBA to similar national-level trade associations in various other countries in Africa, including Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa, Swaziland and Tanzania.
Mr. Ryberg has been a featured speaker or expert panelist at numerous conferences and seminars on international trade law, including in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Fiji, Ghana, Hong Kong, Korea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa and Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and Zambia.
MUSBA also maintains an office in Mauritius to serve as a liaison with its members in Mauritius. MUSBA's office in Mauritius is headed up by Mr. Maurice Vigier de Latour, former Chairman of the Mauritius Export Processing Zone Association. Mr. de Latour is also a member of the MUSBA Board of Directors. Mr. de Latour is widely recognized as an expert on apparel manufacturing and sales and on the Mauritian apparel industry in particular.
Mr. Ryberg is also a founding partner of the Washington, D.C. law firm of Ryberg and Smith, L.L.C., where his practice focuses on international trade law, including extensive experience in U.S.-Africa trade for more than 30 years. Mr. Ryberg's law practice also includes advising clients on textile and apparel trade, agricultural trade (including sugar in particular), Customs issues affecting a variety of products and import programs, and lobbying Congress on trade legislation.
In addition, Mr. Ryberg has served as the President of the African Coalition for Trade, Inc. (ACT), a non-profit association of private sector interests in a variety of African nations. ACT serves as an umbrella group linking MUSBA to similar national-level trade associations in various other countries in Africa, including Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa, Swaziland and Tanzania.
Mr. Ryberg has been a featured speaker or expert panelist at numerous conferences and seminars on international trade law, including in Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Fiji, Ghana, Hong Kong, Korea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa and Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom, and Zambia.
MUSBA also maintains an office in Mauritius to serve as a liaison with its members in Mauritius. MUSBA's office in Mauritius is headed up by Mr. Maurice Vigier de Latour, former Chairman of the Mauritius Export Processing Zone Association. Mr. de Latour is also a member of the MUSBA Board of Directors. Mr. de Latour is widely recognized as an expert on apparel manufacturing and sales and on the Mauritian apparel industry in particular.