African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) of Minnesota Building Wealth within African Immigrant Communities | Micro-entrepreneurial Training, Financial Education, Loan Access, Small Business Consulting & Homeownership Education

AEDS February 2013 Business Plan Training Graduation Ceremony

February marks yet another successful month for AEDS. We celebrated our business plan training graduation ceremony on Valentine’s Day and also initiated our new business networking workshop. The workshop was educational and served as an opportunity for business owners across the Twin Cities to learn from individuals who have successfully demonstrated the true meaning of hard work and the importance of networking. The business owners who participated in our first business networking workshop came from various industries across the Twin Cities.

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AEDS Homeownership Workshops

AEDS has partnered with the Minnesota Home Ownership Center to provide homeownership workshops to prepare homebuyers to be successful homeowners. We offer homeownership workshops throughout the year. Our homeownership workshops are open to all homebuyers in Minnesota. Click here to register for upcoming homeownership workshops.

First Free Little Library at Snelling Cafe

Little Free Library at Snelling Cafe

This past July, AEDS in collaboration with the Little Free Library worldwide initiative, held a grand opening of the first Little Free Library at Snelling Cafe in St. Paul, the first of its kind in the Little Africa World Cultural Heritage District.

The Little Free Library worldwide intiative aims to promote literacy and the love of reading; to build a sense of community; and to build more than 2,500 libraries around the world.

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Small Business Consulting

African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) provides Small Business Consulting to existing and aspiring African business owners in the areas of licensing, analysis of financials/projections, lease review, organizational structure, marketing and promotion, industry analysis and loan packaging and other services.

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World Cultural Heritage District Little Africa AEDS

World Cultural Heritage District’s Little Africa

African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) along with the World Cultural Heritage District (WCHD) have teamed up to help African owned business along Snelling Avenue between University and Minnehaha by branding the area ‘Little Africa’. Doing so will create more visibility and draw more customers.

Since May, AEDS has been distributing five dollar coupons that people can spend at participating businesses within the World Cultural Heritage District (WCHD). The Businesses then return their coupons in and get reimbursed.

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African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) is on a mission to help build wealth within African immigrant communities throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding metros.

We’re a nonprofit economic development organization that is committed to wealth building within the African immigrant communities and helping in building sustainable local economies through our Micro-entrepreneurial Training, Financial Literacy Education, Loan Access, Small Business Consulting and Homeownership Education. As a community economic development organization, AEDS is dedicated to helping underserved African immigrant access to resources and exist to break the barriers that are limiting its communities’ potential. For more information, browse through our Programs & Services.

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