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WASHINGTON - Africans and the developing world can learn from the United States’ experience with entrepreneurship, according to Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim, a Sudanese-born telecommunications magnate.

As chief of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Daniel Yohannes, is the highest ranking Ethiopian American in Obama's government.

Two continents, two great rivers, and two of contemporary dance’s biggest talents: The Good Dance: Dakar/Brooklyn is the culmination of a landmark three-year collaboration between American dance/theater-maker Reggie Wilson and Congolese contemporary dance creator Andréya Ouamba. As a new commission receiving its world premiere at the Walker Art Center, the piece will be polished during a two-week residency that includes rehearsals and production work as well as community gatherings, workshops, and a master class.

Martin Mohamed walks in and out of several stores at Karmel mall, an eight year old mall in South Minneapolis that hosts about 300 Somali stores.

Over 20,000 Africans live in rural Minnesota. Many of them are refugees who are grappling with adjusting to a new society culturally and socially.

The Brooklyn United Methodist Church (BUMC) launched a massive campaign in June to raise HIV/AIDS awareness among Liberians residing in Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS – A Christian university based in Nairobi is opening a science and technology center in an effort to steer its graduates towards building an industrialized Kenya, the institution’s chancellor said.

When M&I Bank needed a strong manager to lead a new branch in a multiethnic neighborhood, Felicia Ravelomanantsoa stepped up to the challenge.

MINNEAPOLIS – As a little girl growing up in the African island nation of Madagascar, Felicia Ravelomanantsoa thought she already knew her destiny. Like many girls in Africa, she thought she was being raised to become a mother and nothing more. After all, her mother had quit teaching to take care of the children, while her father worked. But her thinking began to change as she grew older and went to school.

MINNEAPOLIS – The eradication of apartheid and the existence of a government that promotes an open trade policy make South Africa the most suitable African country to invest in, according to the Trade Consul to the Untied States, Charles Manuel.

M. Sans L’argent is an immigrant from the nation of Togo in West Africa.  Since arriving in the United States, he has successfully operated L’argent Realty and Mortgage Services, a small real estate and mortgage brokerage in a Minneapolis suburb. With the current slow-down in the housing market and ensuing credit crisis, M. L’argent is looking for alternatives.  He is determined not to return to his previous job as a stocker in a neighborhood grocery store.

A non-profit organization started in Minnesota three years ago to help African immigrants entrepreneurs navigate a complicated U.S. financial system, honored some of them Saturday for their success in business.