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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…