William Na Lamba

William Na Lamba has over five years’ experience in business management with cashew nut cooperatives, the private sector, and designed projects. William Na Lamba worked for the Netherlands Development Organization as an advisor in the agriculture and governance sector for five years and focused on designing business plans, developing fundraising proposals and projects, determining viability projections, and monitoring and evaluating projects. He gained experience in the business sector with cooperatives as well as the private sector, which allowed him to pen his own business, Nalamba, for transportation, imports, and exports. William received his Bachelor’s of Administration in International Trade from the Universidade Paranaense in Brazil and a Project Management certificate from Georgetown University. He speaks creole (Guinea-Bissau), Portuguese, Russian, English, and Spanish and upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship(Africa), plans to continue his work in business with focus on importing and exporting to link producers with potential buyers around the world.