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Brenton Weyi
Social Entrepreneur and Writer- Mr. Brenton Z. Weyi has over five years of experience in the legal sector and over ten years of experience as an ambassador for multiple non-profits – including the American Red Cross
Brenton Weyi is a writer, social entrepreneur, and speaker with an expertise in creating social movements through business and encouraging inspiration through writing. His company, Groupe Weyi, works with villagers in Central Africa to create lasting change through entrepreneurship and fair trade of resources. He also has a website for storytelling and career/life inspiration called Orastories.
His Company, Groupe Weyi International is a trade company with headquarters in Denver, Colorado and the Democratic Republic of Congo working to benefit both the Congolese economy and people by providing their minerals to the international market and establishing sustainable infrastructure, and benefiting clients by providing high-quality, conflict-free minerals. Deal in the trade and commercialization of diamonds, gold, coltan, copper, cassiterite, nickel, and tin.
He is an author, philosopher, and an avid champion of social change through empowerment. To expose the minerals in local villages and mines of the DRC to the international market while following fair trade guidelines, being eco-friendly, having a commitment to integrity, and empowering the Congolese people to champion their own change.
Mission: To provide quality minerals derived from eco-friendly and conflict-free zone mines to buyers worldwide, and to improve the lives of our employees and associates with training and adequate compensation.
Besides compensating all of the people we collaborate with at least 100x what they have made with companies/groups trying to exploit them and forming lasting positive relationships, Groupe Weyi is also working to establish lasting infrastructure by creating employment opportunities, offering employment training, creating public transportation, and building small schools and medical facilities in DRC.
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