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From African musicians to African entrepreneurs, It's a premium handcrafted leather casual sneaker.
从非洲音乐家到非洲企业家，这是一双纯手工皮质运动鞋。
You'll find many gathered here at Africa House.
你会发现很多人聚集在非洲之家。
We've traveled all the way from Africa to meet Africa here
我们从非洲来，在这里与非洲人会面，
and to meet people that we otherwise would never have had a chance to meet back home.
与那些没机会在国内见面的人相遇。
Brenda Katwesigye traveled from Uganda to talk about her startup Wazi Vision at Africa House.
布伦达·科泰希格从乌干达来到非洲之家，来探讨她的新公司“Wazi Vision”。
She says her frames made from recycled plastic are eighty percent cheaper than what's on the market.
她说她用回收塑料制成的眼镜架比市面上的便宜80%。
We need people that are here that can sell them in their stores.
我们需要有人将它们卖到商店里去。
We need people with online e-commerce platforms that can help with logistics and everything.
我们需要电商平台伙伴，这样也可以解决物流等问题。
I've met some really meaningful contacts that I plan on following up on.
我遇到了几个主要合伙人，并计划继续跟进。
And that is the purpose of Africa House, creating a platform to bring Africans to South by Southwest who would otherwise not be here.
这就是非洲之家的目的，创造一个平台把非洲人带到“西南偏南”文化节，否则他们也不会聚集在这里。
C.D. Glin is with the US African Development Foundation, one of the sponsors of Africa House.
C.D.格林就职于美国非洲发展基金会，该基金会是非洲之家的赞助商之一。
They're coming here with some extent to network with the diaspora.
他们来到这里，一定程度上与移民社群联系。
These are Africans who are now living here in Austin and doing things at the local level but also who are looking for real connection back to Africa.
这些非洲人现在住在奥斯汀，他们在当地做事情，但同样在寻找与非洲联系的方式。
It is to network. It is to make more fans
我是来交流的，我想拥有更多粉丝，
Musicians and entrepreneurs at Africa House are also meeting members of the African diaspora from other US cities,
在非洲之家，音乐家和企业家与来自美国其它城市的非洲裔社群联系，
American investors and other fellow Africans, such as Bunmi Akinyemiju from Nigeria.
还有非洲投资人等等，比如来自尼日利亚的布米。
We look for new technologies. We look for new startups, so while we look for startups,
我们寻找新技术，所以当我们寻找创业公司的时候，
that allows us to actually make investments in those startups that can collaborate with our parent company.
我们会为那些可以和母公司进行合作的新公司投资。
This was a place where they can make connections that they would otherwise not be able to make, so it's a long trip but well worth it.
这是一个他们可以建立联系的地方，否则他们将无法取得联系，所以尽管长途跋涉，但很值得。
Glin says this may be the first Africa House at South by Southwest, but it won't be the last.
格林说这或许是“西南偏南”文化节第一次举办非洲之家活动，但绝不是最后一次。
Elizabeth Lee VOA News Austin.
VOA记者，伊丽莎白·李奥斯汀报道。
