The MIT Sloan Africa Business Club is pleased to announce the 7th Annual Africa Business Conference on April 7-8^th at the Media Lab. The theme of this year’s conference is Ideas to Impact! Join us for an eventful two-days as we explore the entrepreneurship cycle from ideas generation to building sustainable businesses in Africa. The goal of this conference is discuss the opportunities for development in Africa and specifically how entrepreneurship can lead to sustainable businesses. We will host several accomplished and inspirational keynote speakers including Her Excellency Ameenah Gurib; President of the republic of Mauritius and Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, CEO of Flutterwave and founder of Andela (first Africa startup to be backed by Mark Zuckerberg).  

For more information about the conference, including speakers, panels, and logistics, please visit our website: mitafrica.com

The United States remains a popular destination for immigrants from Africa, according to the U.S.-based Pew Research Center.

The number of African immigrants coming to the U.S. has more than doubled since 2000, Pew said in a new report.

The organization said that as of 2015, 2.1 million African-born people were living in the United States. That number is up from 880,000 in 2000. Back in 1970, there were just 80,000.

Monica Anderson is a research associate at Pew and the author of the study. She said one reason for the large increase is that many immigrants are refugees from Africa.

She noted that in 1980, only 1 percent of refugees admitted to the United States were from Africa. Today, that share is about 37 percent…MORE