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MIT Sloan Gears up for 2012 Africa Innovate Conference
MIT Sloan School of Management is gearing up to host the Africa Innovate 2012 Conference at the Institute’s famed Media Lab on its Cambridge campus with a spotlight on the role of emerging markets in Africa’s growth potential along with some of the continent’s newest initiatives in technology including the continent’s booming mobile, media and [...]
Igniting Meaningful Business Partnerships at Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2009
Making the most of potential business leads at a forum can be daunting. Delegates at this year’s edition of the Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2009 (AFIF09) in Amsterdam will be guaranteed an opportunity to capitalize on the diverse offerings of all the 250 high-level delegates in attendance – departing from the three day event [...]
IBM Expands Corporate Service Corps in Africa
IBM’s corporate citizenship initiative, the Corporate Service Corps, is entering into new countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to provide small businesses, educational institutions and non profits with sophisticated pro bono business consulting and skills development to improve local conditions and foster job creation. IBM today announced an expansion of its program, a corporate [...]
American Inventor Finds Opportunity in Africa
Peter Hansen is in the vanguard of a new breed of American entrepreneurs – those who are eager to do business in Africa. Hansen is co-founder and chief scientist at PointCare Technologies. His company manufactures a device that helps public healthcare agencies in rural and urban areas with limited resources diagnose AIDS. The African adventure [...]
Social Entrepreneur 2009 Finalists Announced
Ernst & Young South Africa and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship announced today, this year’s finalists for the annual South African Social Entrepreneur awards.g52irb8k7f In its fourth year in South Africa, the Social Entrepreneur Awards are an important element of Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur Awards Program. Social Entrepreneurs are innovators who implement practical [...]
Tech Entrepreneur Thrives in Ghana
Hermann Chinery-Hesse’s most recent venture will bring ecommerce to even the smallest, most remote rural African village. A self-described “geek and gangster”, Chinery-Hesse already has an excellent track record. Often called the “Father of the African Software Industry”, in 1991 he co-founded theSOFTtribe – the largest and most successful software company on the African continent. [...]
African Diaspora Marketplace seeks Entrepreneurial Ideas from U.S. – based African Diaspora
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Western Union, a leading global payments network, are counting on innovative thinking and entrepreneurial ideas to help alleviate poverty in Africa. Today, the organizations launched the African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM), a business-development program that will support U.S.-based African diaspora in creating plans for sustainable start-up and [...]
Indian mobile application developer is teaming up with mobile operators in Africa and providing less costly solution to mobile email access.
