University of Georgia

No. 12: Partnerships Needed: Atlantan and African Entrepreneurs Ripe to Connect

Mar 6, 2011

Africa, Entrepreneurship

Africa, agriculture, Atlanta, entrepreneur, Georgia Tech, infrastructure, Lagos Business School, Nigeria, partnership, University of Georgia

While receiving an award for Excellence in Commercial Diplomacy at Howard University’s Africa Business Conference, Florizelle Liser, Assistant US Trade Representative for Africa expressed her desire to see entrepreneurs in the African-American community and in African countries seek out partnerships with each other. The city of Atlanta, Georgia has a mix of key ingredients to…
No.1: Speed It Is I Love

Nov 24, 2009

Personal

Aziz Zakari, Bob Beamon, Brendan Christian, Carl Lewis, Davidson College, dyestat, iaaf, Jeremy Wariner, Justin Gatlin, Kelly Willie, Maurice Greene, milestat, Track & Field, Track and field, Triple Jump, University of Georgia

My first track meet ever, I lined up for the 100m dash next to a guy wearing Air Force 1s, jean shorts, and an NFL jersey. All eight of us in the race had no idea how to get into the right stance, and were jumping around trying to get a jump on the starter’s…