The Mississippi Minority Business Alliance, Inc. (MMBA) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit with a primary mission of enhancing opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses. Our goal is to create and/or expand mutually beneficial relationships between minority-owned businesses, suppliers and service organizations throughout the state of Mississippi. As the only statewide minority business alliance, MMBA advocates and facilitates for the advancement of minority and women-owned businesses. Mississippi Minority Business Alliance, Inc. (MMBA) was founded in 1997. Since then to present it has endeavored to serve as a center resource for exchange of workable ideas, the promotion of innovative solutions to common challenges, and the diffusion of best practice models that result in greater capacity, efficiency and scale among other organizations serving minority and women-owned businesses. MMBA has filled an important void in the state of Mississippi to serve as a principal advocate to minority business development serving as a conduit for training and technical assistance.