L-R: Ade Famoti (NBF President), Carol Pineau (Director,Africa: Open For Business", Author, The Africa You Never See"), Gbenga Adeyi (NBF Atlanta, Georgia Regional Representative)

June 6th, 2005 - ATLANTA PREMIERE--AFRICA: OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The NBF was at the Atlanta, Georgia premiere of the much talked about documentary film by Carol Pineau , "Africa: Open For Business".

The event was sponsored by the Africa-America Institute (AAI), Africa-America Connecting Worlds Events, GoodWorks International and the Millennium Campaign.

The film, produced with funding from the World Bank, offers an unflinching and inspiring glimpse of African entrepreneurship on the continent, covering ten countries, businesses large and small, and a mix of industries. The documentary profiles 10 businesses throughout Africa, ranging from a clothes designer shop in Lagos, Nigeria, to a coffee shop in Uganda.

In attendance was Carol Pineau the Film Producer and frequent contributor to CNN International's Inside Africa, Ambassador Andrew Young, founder of GoodWorks International, Mr. Cartonl Masters CEO of GoodWorks International, executives of "The African Channel", and other guests.

Gbenga Adeyi, NBF regional representative for Atlanta, Georgia, and Ade Famoti, President of NBF met with Carol Pineau, and discussed her work. Carol's work has particulary being discussed on the NBF Yahoo ! discussion forum, especially her captivating writing on Africa: "The Africa You Never See"

Carol mentioned to the NBF that the documentary highlights some of the great potential that Africa brings, and not iconic images of hungry children on television. She also mentioned leveraging the NBF to host a town hall meeting of entrepeneurs in Nigeria and a premiere of the film in Nigeria before the G8 summit in the United Kingdom this year.

About Carol Pineau:

Carol Pineau is a journalist who has specialized in Africa for more than a decade. She currently reports for CNN Inside Africa. Ms. Pineau has spent the past year filming throughout Africa and producing and directing two independent documentaries on Africa’s entrepreneurs and emerging markets.

Throughout two postings in Africa, as well as several assignments worldwide, Ms. Pineau has interviewed both Heads of State and rebel leaders, covering many of the world’s major hot spots. From the battlefields of the Eritrean/Ethiopian war, she reported live for CNN on, what was at the time, the world’s biggest war. From Belgrade, she covered the NATO bombings, and from East Timor she reported on the newly independent country’s first elections. Ms. Pineau reported live on the first-ever genocide conviction at the UN Tribunal for Rwanda, did exclusive reports from a secret military base in rebel-held Eastern Sudan, and was one of the first journalists into Nigeria after the fall of the military dictator.

Ms. Pineau has also reported extensively on the changing face of Africa. While living in Paris in the 1990’s, Ms. Pineau hosted and reported for RFI’s (Radio France Internationale) Crossroads, a half-hour world-wide radio show that reported on Africa, for Africa. The program featured stories on Africa’s trouble spots, as well as business, trade, culture, and more. She also presented African and international news for the French overseas television RFO (Radio-Television de Frace Outre-Mer).

Ms. Pineau is the author of numerous articles as well as a book. She currently lives in Washington with her husband and daughter

http://www.africaopenforbusiness.com