TANCon USA 2010

SILICON VALLEY TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND AFRICA AT The AFRICAN NETWORK’S 5th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 30, 2010 IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA

“The Future is Entrepreneurship - The Future is Africa” is the theme of TANCon 2010 fea- turing investment experts from Ernst and Young, American and African entrepreneurs doing business in Africa.

(SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA.) — Silicon Valley is bracing itself for the 5th Annual conference hosted by The African Network (TAN) that promotes technology and entrepreneurship among Africans and American entrepreneurs doing business in Africa. The one day conference will be held on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara California.

Leading African investment expert Zemedeneh Negatu from Eastern Africa’s Ernest and Young LLP, founder and CEO of software firm Appfrica Lab and a serial entrepreneur, Jonathan Gosier, social entrepreneur Julia Wilson of Wilson Global Communications USA who founded her marketing communications firm in South Africa during Nelson Mandela’s presidency and several specialized discussion panels will be on hand to share information, expertise, experiences and international opportunities with attendees. "Silicon Valley entrepreneurs paved the way for today’s multinational corporations such as Cisco Systems, Google, Intel, Apple and many others that changed the world. As a Silicon Valley non—profit organization The African Network has been organizing TANCon to promote technology and entrepreneurship in Africa and also introduce international entrepreneurs to African markets ensuring that both international and African entrepreneurs have equal access to global markets. " said Biniam Woldemariam, Chairman TANCon USA 2010. "Africa is open for business!"

Specialized panel discussions will focus on arming attendees with information on renewable energy, mobile banking and financial services, financing and funding options for entrepreneurs , "low—tech " business opportunities and talent development and acquisition in Africa.

Hundreds of attendees are expected to participate in The African Network’s 5th Anniversary conference, including business professionals, successful and aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as exceptional students and academician from nearby academic institutions such as Stanford University, Santa Clara University and the University of California at Berkeley.

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About The African Network (TAN)

Founded in 2004, The African Network (TAN) is one of the fastest growing nonprofit organizations in the USA dedicated to exclusively assist American entrepreneurs to link with African business people and the African Diaspora. TAN’s goals in- clude building successful business enterprises across a variety of technology driven industry platforms through education, networking, and mentoring. TAN also provides business professionals with employment opportunities throughout the Afri- can continent with a primary mission to create a vital ecosystem for American entrepreneurs to excel and succeed in science and technology investment partnerships in one of the world’s fastest emerging markets - Africa.