This talk will focus on the influence of China in Africa and how Paloma Sanchez’s experience in China has guided her in her African projects. By witnessing the fast development of China, Sanchez has seen how sustainable growth should be accomplished and brings the same ideas to her African projects. She searches for African gems and sells the the gems cut at her factory in Addis Abeba back to China

Paloma Sánchez is a GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Gemologist and Jewelry Designer who looks for specimen-quality and exquisite stones all over the world. She never expects to find the same stone twice, and no two pieces look the same. Each is as one of a kind as was its journey into a unique stone.