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In 1996, Ambassador Andrew Young served as Co-Chair of the Atlanta Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games. In 1995, President Clinton appointed Ambassador Young Chairman of the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund (SAEDF). This $100 million fund is established to help create small and medium size businesses throughout Southern Africa.

Ambassador Andrew Young serves as member of the Board of Directors of numerous businesses and organizations, including Archer Daniels Midland, Atlanta Market Center, Cox Communications, Delta Airlines, Film Fabricators, and Thomas Nelson Publishing. He serves on the Advisory Board of Argus Newspapers, Barrick Gold, The Martin Luther King Center for Non-violent Social Change and The United Nations Foundation.

Andrew Young is an ordained minister and President of the National Council of Churches USA.

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GWI Ventures, Ltd., incorporated in Nigeria, offers services specific to the oil sector. Its experts help businesses form strategic partnerships to ensure smooth operations, providing hands-on services to enhance business development efforts of corporations with existing or new business interests in Nigeria. GWI Ventures has formed partnerships with local and foreign firms operating in Nigeria, specifically in the petroleum sector. To these partners, GWI Ventures provides the GWI core services in political risk management and market access.