On Friday, January 8, at 9 a.m., EST, America.gov will do a web chat on joint ventures between U.S. entrepreneurs of African origin and their African partners. We would like to invite you and your business associates to participate in this event to share your experience and learn from experience of your peers and experts, including Liesl Riddle, a professor of international business at the George Washington University, and Gregory Simpkins, vice president of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation.

Participants in the chat must log on to www.savorchat.com/chat/african-marketplace using either Facebook or Twitter accounts. The web chat will be less formal than some — it will be a dialogue among entrepreneurs with experts and visitors free to interject comments and questions.