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,…
Mo Ibrahim index ranks African nations
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation – an institution committed to promoting good governance across the African continent – has published an…
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…
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…
Investors Without Borders
An extensive list of upcoming business plan competitions in the field of sustainable and social enterprise can be found on…
Research positions opening up for youth
YouthSeen – an organization that is involved with academic research in unemployment in developing countries – has opening up a…
Global Entrepreneurship Teleconference, November 16 – 22
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (based out of the United States) and Make Your Mark (based out of the United…
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…