Where can you find university application guidance?
Where can East African students go to find help on applying for higher studies? One of the things Vijana FM…
Crowdsourcing – true value or unfair competition?
Crowdsourcing is a modern term that describes the use of a group or community to complete a task at hand….
What do we call education today?
No matter how many times I have asked myself this question over the last 4 years, I still do not…
BBC: The Virtual Revolution
In this BBC audio documentary, Dr. Aleks Krotoski examines the history and development of the World Wide Web concept. According…
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…
Funding Platform, “Kickstarter.com”
Social entrepreneurs interested in the arts and media, do you need help funding your project? Get on Kickstarter.com now and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Value of ‘Microtrends’
Our society is riddled with growing trends that we overlook daily, focusing on larger trends such as Facebook or Twitter….
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…
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…
Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
Daniel Pink – author and speaker on how the realm of “work” can be improved – held a small talk…
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…
Measuring Social Value
Building and expanding a venture that creates social value involves assessing impact. How do you measure how your project has…
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…
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….
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…