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Official Country Count Up to 123

GEW/USA staff

National

Oct 18, 2011

Global Entrepreneurship Week continues to grow as organizations in four countries recently signed on to host the initiative in their country.
The new agreements bring the official count to 123 countries officially participating. The new hosts are: 

  • Norway: Norwegian Entrepreneurs ForumOdd Moe, President
  • Benin: FORAM InitiativesCharles Vidjannagni
  • Algeria: PNB-NAPEO AlgeriaKamel Merarda, Project Manager
  • Belarus: BELBIZ Center for Business CommunicationTatyana Marinich, Director

NEW HOST SPOTLIGHT:
In Norway, Odd Moe is an entrepreneur by heart and a self made man and has successfully raised capital to several of his own ventures. He has also coached more than 300 companies in their work to raise capital and to grow internationally. As a Co-founder and VD Marketing at Seed Forum International entrepreneurs he helped with strategy development, network and investor meetings raised more than 180 million USD. He has today several board positions and are currently President of Norwegian Entrepreneurs Forum and Startup Weekend Norway.

tags: Algeria, Benin, Norway, Startup Weekend