FARGO, N.D. – A woman who came to the U.S. in 1997 as a refugee from East Africa has started a center in Fargo to help other immigrants launch their businesses by guiding them through the process of writing a business plan and getting loans.
Fowzia Adde created the Immigration Development Center to help people who have settled in the U.S. to gain an economic footing and to bring more diverse products and services to the Fargo-Moorhead area.
F-M International Foods owner Haytham Al Saegh belongs to that group of local businesses. He and his family moved to the U.S. in 2009 after emigrating from Iraq to Lebanon in 2004.
Al Saegh says immigrants looking to start their own businesses should be inquisitive and actively find resources to help them.
