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)….
MTV’s Staying Alive…Inahitaji Pongezi
Ijumaa moja nilikuwa nimetulia tu nyumbani kama kawaida nikisoma Robbo blog, kufuatilia matukio mbalimbali na kujiandaa na mechi zilizokuwa zinafuata…
‘The danger of a single story’ – Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Adichie speaks very well on the dangers of a single story. However, today it’s unfortunate that Tanzania is about…
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…
Want to be an Entrepreneur? Five important people you MUST know!
This is a follow-up post to Bahati Mabala’s post Five Important People to Know posted 7 February 2010. Bahati’s post…
Five important people to know
In many fields these days professional or not, networking is very important. Today success does not only depend on your…
Social Entrepreneurship Case Study: Kallari Cooperative of Ecuador
Indigenous communities around the world face seemingly insurmountable odds against national governments and corporations that seek to explore, and often…
Technology incubators, a slingshot to success!
I visited a Silicon Valley technology incubator(Plug&PlayTechCenter) a few months back and I remember returning from the visit simply awed…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SkollEMERGE 2009: Reflections
Last Sunday we had the opportunity to be at SkollEMERGE, a one-day conference on topics in social entrepreneurship. Inspired by…
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…
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…
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…