SriBuo presents Kwaw Kese’s new album, “Ma Kwan”
One of Vijana FM’s partners, SriBuo Media, is focussed on promoting Ghanaian entertainment on the global stage. This week, SriBuo…
What is Tanzania’s intangible capital?
In 2007, I came across a Wall Street Journal article, “The Secrets of Intangible Wealth” (click here to download PDF)….
What do we call education today?
No matter how many times I have asked myself this question over the last 4 years, I still do not…
BBC: The Virtual Revolution
In this BBC audio documentary, Dr. Aleks Krotoski examines the history and development of the World Wide Web concept. According…
Kenyan youth work with UBC business school
The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada is working with East African youth…
Social Enterprise Chat on Twitter
Ashoka is an organization that supports social entrepreneurs globally with funding and technical assistance. They will be hosting a discussion…
Resources page is live!
We’ve updated our Resources page. This is a rolling list, and your suggestions are welcome. Write to admin (at) vijanafm…
Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship provides funding and technical assistance to entrepreneurs who have “the potential for large-scale influence…
Kirubi from Capital FM: Think like an entrepreneur
Chris Kirubi, a blogger for Kenyan-based Capital FM, encourages youth to seek out entrepreneurial opportunities and self employment in East…
Youth to Youth Fund
The Youth Employment Network (YEN), a product of a partnership between the International Labor Organization, the World Bank and the…
We’re creating a “Resources” section
Hello young social entrepreneurs! After a few months of putting mostly written content out through our blog, we have been…
Tanzania to host Young Global Leaders summit in May 2010
Young Global Leaders (YGL) – a branch of the World Economic Forum – will hold is seventh annual summit in…
YOSEFO: Financial services for Tanzanian entrepreneurs
We’ve talked about Tanzania-based Youth Self Employment Foundation (YOSEFO) here at Vijana FM before, but we just wanted to reiterate…
Memes and Social Media
On this TED Talk, Alexis Ohanian (filmed November 2009) shows how Internet trends can essentially affect consumer demand. His presentation…
Youth Development Network in S. Africa
South Africa’s Youth Development Network (YDN) provides a free flow of information between the public, the youth, and six partner…
Green VC
Green VC provides information that supports environmentally-friendly and social ventures run by students. It partners with funders, conferences and media…
Reminder: Echoing Green App due December 2
Further to our previous posts, we’d just like to remind our readers that the Phase 1 of the Echoing Green…
Kenya Commercial Bank investing in education
Kenya Commercial Bank’s (KCB) week-long Community Week began on Saturday, October 3. As part of its social responsibility program this…
Mobile phone banking in East Africa
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) has an interesting discussion on the merits of Kenyan-based cell phone banking…
Ikotoilets and Public Health in East Africa
A new breed of social entrepreneurship is sweeping the East African coast. Ecotact – a Kenyan private market-based organization working…
ReWork engages Tanzanian entrepreneurs
Rework The World is group that seeks to mobilize young people and facilitate their access to making positive change. Rework…
Entrepreneurship opportunities for high school students
Entrepreneur U, a website created by DECA Inc. and funded by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, contains information about how entrepreneurial…
Working with African coders: AppAfrica
AppAfrica is an incubating space for African tech entrepreneurs. Their primary objective is to provide “a physical space with a…
YouthActionNet Fellowship
YouthActionNet provides training, networking and advocacy opportunities for individuals with ideas for social change, similar to Echoing Green. The 2010…
Echoing Green Fellowship: Phase 1 begins September 21
Echoing Green supports social entrepreneurs in delivering new, ground-breaking and high-impact products and services. According to their website, Echoing Green…
Collaborative ideas for Africa: Africa Gathering
Africa Gathering is a collaboration framework built to facilitate the free-flow of creative sustainable development ideas for Africa. These ideas…
Investors Without Borders
An extensive list of upcoming business plan competitions in the field of sustainable and social enterprise can be found on…
Banglore-based Unnati providing vocational training
Unnati is working to provide vocational training for poor, unemployed youth in Bangalore, India to expand their potential to work…
Research positions opening up for youth
YouthSeen – an organization that is involved with academic research in unemployment in developing countries – has opening up a…
BOOST Fellowship introduced to East Africa youth
Building Opportunities on Student Talent (BOOST) Fellowship, based out of Zimbabwe, has opened up it’s application process for youth in…