Facebook driving online traffic in Africa
ICTworks reports that Facebook is boosting Internet traffic in Africa. Many marketing and technology experts at ICT companies are finding…
Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
Daniel Pink – author and speaker on how the realm of “work” can be improved – held a small talk…
cash4africa
Cash4Africa is a money transfer service operating in Africa. It is a subsidiary of Roraima Financial Services (RFS) based out…
William James Foundation business plan competition
The William James Foundation has opened up its business plan competition. Winners are eligible to different brackets of funding to…
The Unreasonable Institute
The Unreasonable Institute hosts an intensive 10-week Summer Institute for social entrepreneurs around the world, with the possibility of funding…
HBS Ideacast: Design Thinking
Innovations today do not just involve a good idea for how to do something more efficiently than before. They involve…
EG Fellowship: Phase 1 due December 2
Phase 1 applications for the Echoing Green Fellowship are due December 2nd! Don’t forget to get your application for a…
Measuring Social Value
Building and expanding a venture that creates social value involves assessing impact. How do you measure how your project has…
YOSEFO: Micro-lending in Tanzania
The Youth Self Employment Foundation (YOSEFO) is dedicated to providing microfinancing services to young men and women in Tanzania “so…
Tanzania Business Plan Competition
The Business Development Gateway is an initiative in Tanzania funded by the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, the National Microfinance Bank…
Microfundo: “a Kiva.org for music”
Microfundo is using a new, simple and collaborative model to keep music artists inspired and fans satisfied. By creating a…
OnlineAfrica
Provides news on Africa’s internet growth. Entrepreneurs planning projects related to ICTs are highly recommended to follow OnlineAfrica. Connect:OnlineAfrica websiteOnlineAfrica…
Teach a man to fish
Teach A Man To Fish – a UK-based charity – is holding their third annual Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship…
YIPE: Focussed on youth enterprise
Follow @yipeorg on twitter for information for youth on how to start a business.
Africa Youth Trust
Africa Youth Trust (AYT) is a Kenyan-based organization focused on youth-led development initiatives. Through its three core program models –…
Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition hosted by Foster
University of Washington’s Foster School of Business has opened up its application process for the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)….
Acumen Fund begins accepting Fellowship applications
The Acumen Fund seeks to use entrepreneurial means to solve the world’s biggest challenges. As a non-profit global venture fund,…
Mo Ibrahim index ranks African nations
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation – an institution committed to promoting good governance across the African continent – has published an…
SriBuo boosts Ghanaian music artists
SriBuo Media is a new initiative aimed at bringing talent from Ghana onto the world stage. Focusing on the music…
We are growing, yet shrinking
An interesting video on general technological growth statistics. This may be useful in the consideration and/or planning of tech-based ventures….
Computers, Business and Optimism in Uganda
Computers and the Internet are becoming more accessible in Uganda. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard…
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…