Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship- Yusuf Keshavjee selected as a delegate
A Trustee of Aga Khan University, Mr. Yusuf Keshavjee of Nairobi, Kenya, has been selected to participate in the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, to be hosted by President Barack Obama on April 26 and 27, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
This initiative was announced by President Obama in a speech that he delivered in Cairo on June 4, 2009, in which he said that this Summit would be held to, “ identify how we can deepen ties between business leaders, foundations and social entrepreneurs in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.”
The goal of the Summit is to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Muslim-majority countries and communities around the world.
While celebrating the work of many great Muslim entrepreneurs, the Summit will provide a platform for developing partnerships that will lead to innovative solutions and support for entrepreneurial initiatives worldwide.
Yusuf is among four Kenyan delegates selected to participate in the Summit, based on his leadership role as a Kenyan entrepreneur.
He was first included in a list of candidates that USAID had invited AKDN to propose from the Muslim population in Kenya, for a round table discussion with the US Ambassador in Kenya late last year. Thereafter, he was selected for the Summit.
More than 200 leading social and economic entrepreneurs, and stakeholders in promoting entrepreneurship, from more than 50 countries have been invited to attend the Summit. Below is a list of its panelists:
Panelists include:
The President of the United States of America
H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser al Missned
H.H. Queen Rania al Abdullah II
Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
Kemal Dervis, Vice President, Brookings Institution; former Administrator, UN Development Program
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for Africa, World Bank
Fadi Ghandour, CEO, Aramex
Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Celtel
Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor, The White House
Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Karen Mills, Administrator, U.S. Small Businses Administration
Naif al-Mutawa, Founder, THE 99
Arif Naqvi, CEO, Abraaj Capital
Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCola
Maria Otero, Undersecretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State; former President and CEO, ACCION International
Dina Powell, Director of Global Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs
Soraya Salti, Senior Vice President for Middle East and North Africa, Junior Achievement
Putera Sampoerna, Sampoerna Strategic
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google Inc.
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Larry Summers, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs
Shane Tedjarati, President, Honeywell (China)
Sandiaga Uno, Managing Director, Saratoga Capital
Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank