African Entrepreneurs Spotlight
The inaugural African Entrepreneurs Spotlight Networking Event featured Rwandan coffee at the Rwandan-owned BOURBON COFFEE CAFE (2101 L St, NW) on Friday, November 18, 2011. The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation and Operation HOPE participated in President Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 by featuring a local Washington, D.C. business.
The primary goal achieved was to expose people to unique African Entrepreneurial endeavors.
Speakers included His Excellency James Kimonyo, Rwandan Ambassador to the U.S.; Karen Richardson and Heather Foster, the White House Office of Public Engagement; Johnetta Hardy, D.C. State Director of USA Entrepreneurship Week; and Ngozi Nmezi, D.C. Director of the Office on African Affairs.
This public event was attended by African entrepreneurs, area business owners, as well as, the recently crowned Miss Africa USA Ghyslaine (GiGi) Tchouaga from Cameroon.