SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) There is a growing need in developing coun-
tries in Africa to educate and properly train future 
business leaders in such a way to help them adapt 
to the demanding complexities of leadership. 
(2) This growing need has led to the call for 
Africa to develop and train the next generation of 
leaders that will bring Africa forward into a peaceful 
and prosperous new century and ensure that democ-
racy lasts across the continent. 
(3) One of the ways to help train the next gen-
eration of leaders is through entrepreneurial edu-
cation, entrepreneurship may be one of the most im-
portant channels through which education raises 
economic productivity. 
(4) All youth should be provided with the access 
to any and all opportunities to develop skills, atti-
tudes, and abilities that are needed in later life that 
can lead to entrepreneurship and leadership. 
(5) One of the goals of educators should be to 
train students to become self-employed after gradua-
tion and produce the goods and services that are 
needed locally, thereby initiating significant internal 
economic activity. 
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(6) It is important that the youth be assisted 
to achieve higher levels of access and entry into the 
economy as potentially self-employed people since 
there are simply not enough employment opportuni-
ties within the private and public sectors for them 
all. 
(7) Business and management education is es-
pecially critical in Africa where, in the face of huge 
shortages in both the private and public sectors, only 
50 business schools exist to serve nearly 800 million 
people, compared with 1,000 business schools in 
India and 1,200 in the United States. 
(8) While many institutions in Africa do offer 
a business certificate/degree, the training can lack 
certain practical elements, which makes it difficult 
for graduates to readily apply their skills in the real 
world. 
(9) Studies have shown that globalization poses 
great challenges for education, training, and enter-
prise development, but there are potential opportuni-
ties for positive responses in policy and practice, one 
of which is the enhancement of individual, societal, 
and enterprise learning. 
(10) Educational institutions are not rapidly re-
sponding to this urgent challenge. 
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SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS BE-
TWEEN BUSINESSES AND POSTSECONDARY 
EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
IN 
DEVEL-
OPING COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. 
Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 105 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 105A. ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS BE-
TWEEN BUSINESSES AND POSTSECONDARY 
EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
IN 
DEVEL-
OPING COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. 
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, is authorized 
to provide assistance, on such terms and conditions 
as the President may determine, to establish part-
nerships between businesses and postsecondary edu-
cational institutions in developing countries in Africa 
to further the education and entrepreneurship skills 
of students at such institutions in order to increase 
economic freedom and competitiveness, promote civil 
society, and improve the quality of life in such coun-
tries. 
‘‘(2) ROLE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Presi-
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dent should provide an appropriate level of assist-
ance under paragraph (1) through nongovernmental 
organizations, including non-profit organizations, 
that have a minimum of 30 years experience work-
ing to further the entrepreneurship skills of students 
at postsecondary educational institutions. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be used to— 
‘‘(1) enable students at postsecondary edu-
cational institutions in developing countries in Africa 
to practice in the field what they are learning in the 
classroom and thereby acquire relevant business and 
management experience; 
‘‘(2) provide opportunities for individuals in de-
veloping countries in Africa who are unable to re-
ceive a formal education to benefit from the transfer 
of knowledge and skills by students described in 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) carry out other appropriate activities, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) training students described in para-
graph (1) and faculty to build sustainable pro-
grams; 
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‘‘(B) institutionalizing and promoting sus-
tainability of program leadership; 
‘‘(C) supporting the launch and develop-
ment of new in-country operations; 
‘‘(D) investing in other United States as-
sistance programs for long-term sustainability 
and support of African programs; and 
‘‘(E) demonstrating results and sharing 
best practices. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—The President shall transmit to Con-
gress a report on the implementation of this section for 
each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. The report 
shall include an assessment of the impact of the assistance 
provided under subsection (a) and an analysis of the ex-
tent to which such assistance could be provided in other 
regions of the world. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President up to $800,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
Æ 
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