Tony Elumelu is one of the entrepreneurs invited to speak at an event at the White House as President Obama brings together emerging entrepreneurs from across the United States and around the world to highlight the importance of investing in women and young entrepreneurs to create innovative solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges, including poverty, climate change, extremism, as well as access to education and healthcare.
This May 11 event comes ahead of the President’s travel to this summer’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya and provides a unique opportunity to galvanize global attention on emerging women and young entrepreneurs.
Other speakers at the event include
- Mark Cuban, Investor on “Shark Tank” & Owner of the Dallas Mavericks
- Barbara Corcoran, Investor on “Shark Tank” & Founder of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners
- Daymond John, Investor on “Shark Tank” & CEO and Founder of FUBU
- Antonio Gracias, Founder of Valor Equity Partners
- Julie Hanna, Founder of Kiva
To watch this event live, visit www.whitehouse.gov/live at 2:00 pm ET on May 11th.
The following day, the Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation will share his reflections on “Entrepreneur Led Development: A new Model for African Development” in a speech at Georgetown University for an audience of faculty, students, alumni and guests of the university. The speech will be streamed live from 10 – 11.00am ET on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/georgetown-mcdonough-live. You can also register to be part of this event at Georgetown University by clicking here…
