Changing the World with Your Vision
At some point in our lives, we all go through a phase where we want to “change the world.” It…
Imagine Africa CD
Imagine Africa CD is a project that kinds of introduces East African music to the world. This album is being…
How do I find new stuff?
As Google continues to grow, it faces a mounting challenge. Where to find new content to search and index? Content…
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…
Bongo with Flavas of Entrepreneurship
Bongo flava has been around for more than ten years, with its popularity crossing over the borders to other East…
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…
Social Enterprise Planning Guide
Here’s a planning guide I found through a fellow social entrepreneur. More planning guides can be found on the Youth…
Reaching Your Clientele
A difficult question on any budding entrepreneur’s mind is one of marketing, how to get one’s product into the hands…
Writing for New Media Platforms
Writing and new media:Getting one’s message out there has never been easier than it is today. We can disseminate information…
The cutting edge from CES!
Last weekend, I attended the annual Consumer Electronics(CES) show in Las Vegas. For those that don’t know, this is the…
Theatre as a marketing tool
Theatre presents itself as a powerful and inexpensive platform for any social entrepreneur with an interest in social change through…
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…
The Value of ‘Microtrends’
Our society is riddled with growing trends that we overlook daily, focusing on larger trends such as Facebook or Twitter….
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…
Simple Mobile Services – Big Impact!
We all know how popular and widespread mobile phones have become in Africa, Tanzania in particular. However innovative mobile services…
Memes and Social Media
On this TED Talk, Alexis Ohanian (filmed November 2009) shows how Internet trends can essentially affect consumer demand. His presentation…
Web Hosting for the Masses – TZ Style
I recently discovered www.tovutiyangu.com by mistake through a random google search. On the surface, it just seems like one more…
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…
Youth Business International
Youth Business International (YBI) – founded in 2000 and one of 20 not-for-profit organizations whose president is the Prince of…
iA: Information Architecture
Web design firm iA (or Information Architecture) is using some innovative ways to map out internet activity. iA’s Web Trend…
Green VC
Green VC provides information that supports environmentally-friendly and social ventures run by students. It partners with funders, conferences and media…
Another youth-media platform
A recent ghanaweb.com article discussed the opening of a Ghana Chapter of Speak Africa, a Pan African multi-media and communication…
SkollEMERGE 2009: Reflections
Last Sunday we had the opportunity to be at SkollEMERGE, a one-day conference on topics in social entrepreneurship. Inspired by…
What’s cooking
With the new year approaching, Vijana FM’s been busy working on a protocol for people to contribue to this blog….
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…
Mobile Technologies and NGOs
A partnership between the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation recently released a report titled “Wireless Technology for…
Doing business in Africa
Another TED Talk, this one presented by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on what African business has been and is about. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…