Strategy: A key success factor to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa
Why strategy matters and how to go about implementing it.
YouthActionNet: Call for 2012 applications
Winners receive technical assistance and networking opportunities that will aid the development of their socially entrepreneurial organizations. Applications due on March 12.
A Roundup of GITEX Tech Expo 2011
Highlights from the biggest tech expo in the middle east, GITEX 2011.
Listen to your heart
How many times do you happen to do something that comes from a push within your heart?
Report: Doing business in East Africa
Doing Business, an initiative formed by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, has released its 2011 survey of doing business in the East African Community.
Entrepreneurship summit for youth in September 2011
The Tanzania Youth Entrepreneurship Summit will be held on 29th and 30th September 2011 at Ubungo Plaza in Dar-es-Salaam.
Kilimo Kwanza 101
What the Nane Nane farmers fair tells us about Kilimo Kwanza.
Gallup’s research on young African entrepreneurs
Recent research by Gallup shows that young Africans, including young women, generally show a latent interest in business creation.
What all technology enthusiasts have been waiting for!
We have watched vibrant tech events take place elsewhere in East Africa and wondered when it would happen in Tanzania. The wait is over and we’ve finally got our act together.
Youth to Youth Fund 2011
The Youth to Youth Fund, facilitated by the Youth Entrepreneurship Facility, is now accepting business proposals from young entrepreneurs for 2011.
Five Questions with Tanzanian Author Huzefa Gulamabbas
We caught up with the author of “Winning the Battle: How to pass an exam without fear” and asked him about his inspiration, his challenges and his vision for the future.
Barber wins millions in business competition
Ruka Juu na Fema TV Talk Show – a program run by Femina HIP – announces winners of a recent business plan competition.
Salman Khan on TED about reinventing education
He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script.
The beat at the Harvard Africa Business Conference
The theme this year was ‘Your African Legacy’ and a lot of the discussion revolved around Africans living in Africa as well as those in the Diaspora are taking steps to create their African legacy through projects, NGO’s and businesses that they are involved in.
Five Questions with the BoP Project’s Jonathan Kalan
You’ve probably seen his photos documenting social entrepreneurship in Tanzania and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Check out this interview for an in-depth focus on Jonathan Kalan’s work and thoughts.
YouthActionNet call for applications
Winners recieve technical assistance and networking opportunities that will aid the development of their socially entrepreneurial organizations.
Vyuo vikuu niaje?
Ubunifu, kazi za muda na vibarua kwenye vyuo vyetu vikuu.
Social Innovation: What is it?
What is social innovation, and why does it matter?
Five Questions with Spearhead Branding and Kina Klothing’s Mkuki
There is a big chance you have seen his work somewhere, or bought the product of his efforts. Now get to know him (don’t hesitate to ask more questions)!
Insuring rural businesses
A new health and agro-business microinsurance scheme is going to be established in Tanzania. How does this help, and what else can be considered?
Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms
In this RSA animate, Ken Robinson describes why current paradigms of education reduce divergent thinking, and why it is necessary to think outside the industrial box.
How can you do what you want to do?
We’re always hearing about full-time enrollments at schools or full-time work opportunities. But what about those opportunities that do not require formal-only experience?
Making mobile phone chargers mobile
What do bicycle dynamos and phone chargers have in common?
Echoing Green fellowship deadline approaching
The first phase of the Echoing Green fellowship is due soon. Successful applicants of the fellowship earn investment for and technical assistance in their ideas.
The BiD Network: Supporting Tanzanian Entrepreneurs
By connecting investors with entrepreneurs, the BiD Network serves to create more than just support for social entrepreneurship ideas, but entire communities based on it.
Renewable energy for a sustainable future
Can the energy market in East Africa be expanded?
Transforming Tanzanian economy by imparting entrepreneurial spirit to its people
Ujasiriamali ni biashara za uchuuzi tu? Emmanuel ametutumia makala hii kuhusu ujasiriamali.
TED – Swahili
Shukrani kwa waliojitolea kutafsiri taarifa muhimu kwa ajili ya wanaozungumza Kiswahili.
Warren Buffett and Jay Z
Warren Buffett and Jay Z may come from different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common: successful entrepreneurs.
“Utendaji wa Serikali ni taswira yetu”
Kila mtu anaweza kufanya kitu kusaidia kujenga nchi yetu.