Founder & CEO, Arbenaiah Group
Agnes Nsor is an Atlanta-based international trade and investment strategist whose work sits at the intersection of diaspora engagement, global markets, and economic development.
Agnes founded Arbenaiah Group out of a conviction that has defined her entire professional life: that Africa's economic potential is extraordinary, that the right connections and the right guidance can unlock it, and that far too many investors and businesses are navigating that opportunity without either.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Agnes brings a rare and deliberate combination of credentials to her advisory work. She holds an MBA from Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business — where she developed deep fluency in international business strategy, competitive analysis, and global market dynamics.
She is also a candidate for the Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) designation from NASBITE International — the only nationally recognized professional certification for international trade advisory in the United States, covering global business management, trade finance, supply chain strategy, and cross-border market development.
Alongside this, Agnes has pursued legal training with a focus on legal advisory and regulatory compliance, bringing a discipline of careful thinking, structural rigor, and risk awareness to every engagement she leads.
"I built Arbenaiah because I kept seeing the same gap — investors who wanted to move capital home and businesses that wanted to expand into Africa, but no one they truly trusted to guide them through it. That trusted guide is what we set out to be."
Before founding Arbenaiah Group, Agnes served as an International Business Intern at the Mayor's Office of International & Immigrant Affairs for the City of Atlanta — one of the city's most globally active government offices, responsible for positioning Atlanta as a premier hub for international diplomacy, trade, and foreign investment.
There, she worked at the intersection of government, global business, and economic development — hosting international delegations, advancing the city's cross-border business agenda, and building the networks that would later inform the foundation of Arbenaiah Group.
Agnes launched Arbenaiah Group with a clear mandate: to create trusted pathways between investors, businesses, and institutions seeking to act in Africa and global emerging markets, and to ensure that those pathways are built on credibility, rigorous analysis, and long-term relationship thinking.
Since founding the firm, Agnes has developed Arbenaiah into a multi-service advisory platform spanning global business events and trade missions, diaspora investment facilitation, cross-border deal advisory, innovation ecosystem development, and international trade advisory — five practice areas that together reflect the full spectrum of what it takes to move opportunity from vision to execution across borders.
Her portfolio covers high-growth sectors including technology, real estate, renewable energy, and infrastructure — with a strong commitment to empowering SMEs and strengthening Africa–diaspora commercial linkages.
That experience, combined with her academic background in international business and her African heritage and deep ties to Nigeria, gave Agnes a perspective that is genuinely rare: she understands how capital thinks, how governments operate, how investors in the diaspora feel, and how markets on the African continent actually work. She does not advise on Africa from a distance. She is connected to it — culturally, professionally, and personally.
Agnes also serves as a Founding Partner and Head of Business Development at the Gulf Africa Investment Nexus (GAIN), an international platform dedicated to deepening bilateral investment flows and unlocking high-growth opportunities across Africa and the Gulf region.
She is also Director of Innovation at Atlas Convention, where she champions programs that foster innovation and entrepreneurial capacity among youth through the Pan African Innovation Challenge.
She is committed to building a firm that does not just serve the current generation of cross-border investors and businesses, but helps shape the infrastructure — the networks, the education, the platforms, and the deals — that will define Africa's economic relationship with the world for decades to come.