As SAEDF’s Chairman Ambassador Andrew Young and others have suggested, U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY) last week introduced legislation to establish a Haitian-American Enterprise Fund. Modeled after SAEDF and other successful Enterprise Funds, the legislation is intended to promote the development of the Haitian private sector following a devastating earthquake in January 2010.
Ambassador Young first [...]
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Legislation Introduced in Congress to Create Haitian Version of SAEDF
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010SAEDF to Become Private Fund, Mission Continues in Southern Africa
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Pretoria, South Africa – March 17, 2010 – The Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund (SAEDF) today announced that it will privatize the Fund and turn over the management of its portfolio companies to an approved management company.
“We are all immensely proud that SAEDF has matured enough to reach this important milestone,” said Ambassador Carl Masters, [...]
Congresswoman Asks for Haitian Version of SAEDF
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) today asked President Obama to establish a Haitian Enterprise Fund, modeled after SAEDF. In her letter to the President, Rep. Clarke praised SAEDF and Ambassador Young. Below are excerpts from the Congresswoman’s press release.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke attended the White House Rose Garden ceremony with Haitian President [...]