U.S.-Based African Diaspora Entrepreneurs to Spur Job Growth in Their Native Countries

WASHINGTON, D.C. & ENGLEWOOD, Colo., January 13, 2010 – Today in Washington, D.C., at the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM), entrepreneurs were awarded matching grants to help fund their business plans to spur job growth in their native countries. The ADM is an entrepreneurial business program that seeks to boost economic opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable start-up and established enterprises. ADM winners received grants to match their own funds to support the execution of their business plans.

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The deadline for ADM II applications has now passed. On March 2^nd 2012 at 17H EST, the application window CLOSED.

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

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