2011 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program International Exchange
5 Oct 2011 06:35 Africa/Lagos 2011 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program International Exchange WASHINGTON, October 5, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC September 30, 2011 Building on the fact that women are drivers of economic growth and prosperity, the International Visitor Leadership Program at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs brought 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African nations to the United States for the second African Women's Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (AWEP). For three weeks, the African women entrepreneurs were provided professional development training and networking opportunities with American counterparts from civil society, corporations, industry associations, non-profit organizations, and business alliances. The people-to-people exchange followed the 2011 African Women's Entrepreneurship Program Conference, which was held in Lusaka, Zambia in J...