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(NWMT) NewMarket and the Small Equity Initiative With the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)

^{Published on 2011-02-24 07:10:34 - Market Wire}
 

DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - February 24, 2011) - NewMarket Technology, Inc.'s (OTCQB: [ NWMT ]) Greenfield Partnership Program , the Small Equity Initiative and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) ([ www.unisdr.org ]) will set out for the Philippines beginning February 28th focused on stimulating and supporting the development of high growth business opportunities in the region. The Greenfield Program concentrates on early stage development of high-growth potential businesses in the world's emerging markets, to include Southeast Asia in addition to its focus in China, South and Central America and East Africa. The UNISDR joins the trade mission to continue an initiative intended to incent the local entrepreneurial business community to pursue new enterprise opportunities that contribute to disaster reduction.

Last October, the UNISDR joined the Greenfield Program and the Small Equity Initiative in Nairobi on a Trade Mission intended to stimulate small business investment in high growth potential enterprises. The pilot program was intended to urge private sector innovation and investment aimed at reducing disaster risk. To learn more about the Private Sector Disaster Risk Reduction Pilot Program, please visit: [ http://tinyurl.com/unisdrafrica ] and [ http://tinyurl.com/24o2jbb ].

Recently, the United Nations General Assembly convened its first thematic debate on disaster risk reduction to encourage governments to take action and invest more in reducing risk and exposure to disasters. Mr. Philip Verges, Director of the NewMarket Greenfield Partnership Program and founder of the Small Equity Initiative, participated in the event on behalf of the Small Equity Initiative as part of his role in the UNISDR Private Sector Advisory Group ([ http://tinyurl.com/4lgtzxg ]). To learn more about the recent United Nations General Assembly thematic debate on disaster risk reduction and the UNISDR, visit [ www.unisdr.org ].

About The Small Equity Initiative ([ www.smallequity.com ])
The Small Equity Initiative (SEI) is an organization dedicated to education, advocacy and activism to improve the capital markets for both small business entrepreneurs and investors. SEI is based in the U.S. but serves the global small business community.

About NewMarket Greenfield Partnership Program
NewMarket (PINKSHEETS: [ NWMT ]) launched the Greenfield Program over a year ago to facilitate the start-up and early stage development of high-growth potential businesses. The Greenfield Program concentrates on early stage, rapid growth opportunities in the world's emerging markets, with program participants in China, Southeast Asia, South and Central America and East Africa, in addition to a handful of program participants in North America.

Greenfield Partners today include China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: [ CCTR ]) (OTCQB: [ CCTR ]), NuMobile, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: [ NUBL ]) (OTCQB: [ NUBL ]), Savanna East Africa, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: [ NVAE ]) (OTCQB: [ NVAE ]) and World Series of Golf, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: [ WSGF ]) (OTCQB: [ WSGF ]).

Follow the Greenfield Partnership Program on Facebook at: [ http://tinyurl.com/greenfieldpp ] and on Twitter at [ http://twitter.com/greenfieldpp ].

About NewMarket Technology, Inc. ([ www.newmarkettechnology.com ])
NewMarket Technology is a global small business incubator. NewMarket's current portfolio of operations provides systems integration, technology infrastructure services and emerging technology. NewMarket's operations strategically focus on providing technology and support services in emerging and developing economies with high growth rate potential where technology purchasing is on the rise. In addition to its base of operations in North America, NewMarket has operations today in the growing economies of China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Brazil and Northern Latin America. Overall, NewMarket reported over $95 million in revenue for 2008 and reported over $98 million in profitable revenue for 2009.

NewMarket's operations provide services and support for both brand-name technologies, such as Microsoft, as well as emerging technologies ranging from mobile computing to various security and wireless broadband technologies. NewMarket's rapid growth since 2002 placed the Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for 5 consecutive years. NewMarket was recognized as the third fastest growing technology company in the United States in 2006 and the number one fastest growing technology company in North Texas for two years in a row.