Welcome to the ADM News and Updates page. Check back often as we add new items. 

The deadline for ADM II applications has been extended to February 15th and Ecobank is now a sponsor!

Check out the updated ADM II press release here.

Read a profile of Tony Elumelu, founder of ADM II sponsor the Toney Elumelu Foundation, on Forbes.com here.

Watch the ADM II Virtual Press Conference or listen to a podcast of it.

Listen to an extensive interview on BBC Francofone with Aida Diarra, Western Union Regional Vice President, West Africa

African diaspora marketplace pour le partenariat en Afrique from Afrik.com

Western Union lance la seconde édition de l’African Diaspora Marketplace from Les Afriques on page 7

USAID and Western Union Add Libya and Tunisia to the Second African Diaspora Marketplace This article is also available in French here.

Check out the ADM II Press Release.

AllAfrica.com interview with Western Union Vice President Barbara Span about ADM II "Western Union Offering Support for Diaspora Entrepreneurs" (November 29, 2011)

View Western Union's ADM video below.

Press

Modern Pharmaceuticals (July 2011)
CEO Ashifi Gogo specifically highlighted the USAID $100K grant that Sproxil received as a winner of the USAID-WU ADM business plan competition.

IBM SmartCamp Sproxil (February 21, 2011)

Sproxil: Technology Transforming Africa (February 18, 2011)

Sproxil and IBM (February 2, 2011)

IBM investing in Sproxil (January 31, 2011)

Spoxil is one of the American start-ups working with IBM (January 31, 2011)

Sproxil -- Is Fee-For-Service Better Than Free For Global Health And Development? (January 30, 2011)

AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd and Mrs. Nwuneli highlighted (January 29, 2011)

Sproxil Eyes VC Funding and New Customers for Its Technology for Fighting Medication Counterfeiting (January 18, 2011)

Solar Ovens helps not only in Uganda but also in Haiti (January 3, 2011)

Solar Ovens To Launch Next Year in Uganda Through Diaspora Business (December 21, 2010)

Sproxil won the $10,000 People's Choice award for its drug-intelligence software (December 16, 2010)

A New Fast-Ferry System For Lake Victoria, Pioneered by Earthwise Ferries (December 1, 2010)

Tek Consulting: Cooking Solar Ovens Manufacturing (November 2010)

E & M Capital Tek Corporation: Uza-Mazao (November 2010)

Sproxil Takes on Africa's Drug Counterfeiters (November 2010)

Global Tracking's Device to detect trucks' whereabouts, speed (October 11, 2010)

ADM: New Research and Program Sheds Light on Entrepreneurs’ Motivations (November 2010)

ADM Grantee: Earthwise Ferries Uganda Ltd. (October 2010)

ADM Grantee: Uza-Mazao -- from E & M Capital Tek Corporation in Kenya (September 2010)

USAID Frontlines: African Diaspora Marketplace Gives $1.4 Million to Winners (February 2010)

Reuters print and video stories on the African Diaspora Marketplace (January 21, 2010)

African Migrants Invest in Their Home Countries (America.gov) (November 9, 2009)