Hope Brings Hope to Africa
n icks off in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea August 20th
24th
Africa Rising.
Please join us as we Salute Mrs Hope Sullivan Masters,
President of The Leon H Sullivan Foundation and her
entire team for their hard work in putting together the
9th Sullivan Summit slated for August 20th to 24th in
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
The Sullivan Summit is one of a kind, held in Africa
every other year, it brings together World Leaders,
Policy Makers, Celebrities, Investors and More to engage
in dialogue for the betterment of Africa. Africa is
Rising with the 9th Sullivan Summit.
Mrs Hope Sullivan Masters, the Miss Africa USA Pageant
Salutes you. We thank you for uplifting Africa. You are
a role model and an inspiration for women of our
generation and generations to come. Thank you for your
commitment to continue the Legacy of your father, the
Late Rev Leon H Sullivan. We Salute you.
The 9th Sullivan Summit: Africa Rising.
World Leaders, Blockbuster Idols and Academia
Powerhouses to Convene in August for the Ninth Leon H.
Sullivan Summit to build partnerships for Africa
Global leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America,
powerhouse intellectuals from the most prestigious
colleges and universities in the world, NBA players,
Emmy Award winning musicians and superstars from
Hollywood, Nollywood, and Bollywood, and Grammy Award
winning actors from the US and the Caribbean will be
gathering for the star-studded 9th Leon H. Sullivan
Summit, in the colorful city of Malabo, Equatorial
Guinea at the invitation of His Excellency Obiang
Nguema-Mbasogo. Beginning on August 20, the Summit will
be a worldwide gathering of the African Diaspora under
the theme of 'Africa Rising'.
"Africa is where you will find the greatest
opportunities in the entire world " said Mrs. Hope
Sullivan Masters, President of the Leon H. Sullivan
Foundation. She went on to say, "The Sullivan Summit has
always been the place where incalculable opportunities
are introduced to the vast reserve of untapped
innovative ideas and concepts of Africa. The
enthusiastic feedback that we are receiving from all
across the world about this Ninth Sullivan Summit is so
impassioned and full of energy that the fusions which
are about to occur in Malabo will result in a historic
new chapter in Africa's renaissance." Hope Masters
elaborated further, " when the wealth of Africa is
harnessed in a way where the African people will finally
benefit from their own land you will have a
"game-changing" situation which will fundamentally
change the way the entire world regards Africa. This is
the underlying mission of this Summit and the theme this
year which is Africa Rising."
With more than 4000 delegates expected to attend, Heads
of State from across the world, blockbuster superstars
and international musicians, the 9th Leon H. Sullivan
Summit will prove to be a ground breaking event for
Equatoguineans and all Africans alike.
"We will have a concert with performances by
international superstars planned for the entire country
and our Summit delegates. The Heads of State will
announce a set of Sullivan Resolutions, which will
disclose an urgent stratagem to ensure economic
empowerment and human development for the nations of
Africa. These Sullivan Resolutions will be a clear
articulation to the world that the leaders of Africa are
fully and completely committed to lead the global dialog
on Africa, forged by the leaders of Africa themselves,
to ensure the onward development of Africa while
ensuring the rights and dignity of African people in the
process." said Sullivan-Masters.
The Sullivan Summit has also undertaken a full-scale
renovation of a large orphanage in Malabo which will be
re-dedicated during the Summit week; and they will be
hosting the Inaugural Leon H. Sullivan Exhibition
Basketball game featuring athletes from the NBA, the
Canadian Basketball League, and well as from various
leagues across Europe and Africa in addition to the
bilateral and multilateral discussions among world
leaders which will take place during the week-long
Summit.
Historically the Sullivan Summits have been responsible
for enacting significant change on the continent, and
the Summits have been the only international forums in
which former U.S. Presidents such as President Bill
Clinton and President George W. Bush have attended while
in office.
For more information, please contact:
Aly Ramji Adel Nur
Director of Business, Africa Vice President of External
Affairs
(p) (202) 736-2239 (p) (202) 736-2239
emails:
aramji@thesullivanfoundation.org or
anur@thesullivanfoundation.org
Eye on Equatorial Guinea: Small Country, Big Potential
Sullivan Summit, which is held every two years in
Africa.
When the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation decided
to hold a summit on African leadership
in Malabo, Equatorial
Guinea, some were left scratching their
heads.
For those familiar with the oil-rich country of
about 700,000 people, the mystery was why the
foundation - which honors strong leaders on the
continent and boasts deep connections to Atlanta - would
select a country with a reported history of nepotism
and corruption at the highest levels of government.
On the other end of the spectrum, many people would
be hard pressed to find Africa's only
Spanish-speaking country on a world map.
But after spending a week in the country as a guest
of the foundation, conversations with up-and-coming
leaders have persuaded me that this is a country on
the move.
Equatorial Guinea is located on Africa's Atlantic coast,
south of Cameroon. It is a net
exporter of oil and gas, the resource that drives
the economy. A prime customer, the United
States bought more than $2.1 billion in oil
from Equatorial Guinea in 2011, accounting for the
bulk of the $2.5 billion in trade between our
countries.
Despite criticisms, President Teodoro Obiang
Nguema Mbasogo has used oil revenues to
improve road infrastructure, increase access to
education and position the country as an economic
cornerstone on the African continent. The real fuel
that will drive the country into the future, as in
other parts of Africa, is its cadre of young,
energetic entrepreneurs.
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