22 Nigerian to feature at 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit

The U.S. Embassy to Nigeria has announced the 22 representatives of organizations benefiting Nigerian entrepreneurial development that will attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on June 22-24, 2016 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

The representatives will join over 700 entrepreneurs from around the world along with investors, speakers, and leaders in the entrepreneurship space.

These innovative entrepreneurs according to the Embassy will be joined by high-level U.S. government officials, including President Barack Obama, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Administrator of the Small Business Administration Maria Contreras-Sweet, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Gayle Smith, Ambassador at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Catherine Russell, and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel.

The summit will be the seventh installment in a series previously hosted by the United States and the governments of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Morocco, and Kenya.  In bringing the Summit back to the United States, President Obama highlights his commitment to building bridges that help the international community tackle global challenges together.

Nigerians submitted approximately 420 applications—the most from any country—for this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit.  Attached is the list of Nigeria’s 2016 GES participants.

Learn more about the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at www.GES2016.org.  Join the online conversation using #GES2016, and follow the Summit on Twitter at @ges2016 and Instagram at gtes2016.