{"id":48,"date":"2025-04-09T21:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abic.business\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:33:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abic.business\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48\" class=\"elementor elementor-48\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d723ea0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d723ea0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716c0518 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"716c0518\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cf0d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17cf0d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dae76c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dae76c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over 25 years of expertise in economic development, community empowerment, and environmental analysis<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15267ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15267ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ABIC Consultancy, led by Sherida Patricia Mormon, is a premier consulting firm specializing in business development, strategic planning, research, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). With over 25 years of expertise in economic development, community empowerment, and environmental analysis, we provide tailored solutions for businesses, government institutions, and NGOs in eco-tourism, agriculture, forestry, and trade.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c87fa33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c87fa33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/abic.business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/About-1_2-Business-Consultant.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abic.business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/About-1_2-Business-Consultant.webp 722w, https:\/\/abic.business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/About-1_2-Business-Consultant-300x174.webp 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