A Tanzanian to participate in Entrepreneurship and Business development program in the U.S.

The Regional English Language Officer for East and North Central Africa with the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Mrs. Rebecca Smoak presents a ticket to an International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Mr. Seif Suleiman Said, the founder and owner of Mbuyu Mkavu Beach Resort in Zanzibar Tanzania Island when he recently visited the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam. He will participate in the Entrepreneurship and Business Development Program in the U.S.

The founder and owner of Mbuyu Mkavu Beach Resort in Zanzibar Tanzania Island, Mr. Seif Suleiman Said, is visiting the United States of America from September 12 - 30, 2011 under the International Visitors' Leadership Program sponsored by the American people through the U.S. Department of State. 

He is participating in the Entrepreneurship and Business Development Program along with 22 other participants from Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, France, The Gambia, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Macedonia, Nigeria, Oman, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.

Program goals will focus on network creation opportunities to share innovative entrepreneurial business strategies; highlight the variety and range of market niches served by successful entrepreneurs and innovators in sectors, including but not limited to, high tech, new media, finance, retail and consumer services.

Others goals include enhancing understanding of the partnership that link capital, business development services and market access in order to enable entrepreneurs to build high-growth and high-impact ventures; and to introduce social entrepreneurs who are filing gaps between government and private sector activities.

The program will start in Washington, D.C. and will includes visit to the states of California, New York, Ohio, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois.

The International Visitors Leadership Program is sponsored by the American people through the U.S. Department of State. It is intended to facilitate personal and professional contacts between the people of the United States and Tanzania, and is part of overall U.S. Government direct and multilateral assistance to Tanzania of over 850 billion Tanzanian shillings this fiscal year. For additional information, please see: http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp/ivlp.html.