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Launches The Inaugural Legatum Foundry Fellowship For Entrepreneurs In Africa Fellowship applications open on May 3, 2021 for entrepreneurs working and living in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT has launched the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished entrepreneurs who are considering their role in […]
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By Eric Osiakwan In the last century, the fashionable and accepted route to success for young Africans was to complete their education and join the corporate world. A few university students aspired to become entrepreneurs; most educational institutions did not offer entrepreneurial programs. With few exceptions, African families used to guide their children to join […]
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Ashish Thakkar is that guy. Young, smart, good-looking and down-to-earth. He’s being called “Africa’s Youngest Billionaire,” but there are no airs and graces when he sits down to talk to Africa.com after his panel discussion on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Africa at Columbia University’s Africa Economic Forum. Ashish’s story is an inspiring, made-for-movie one. Though he was born in the United […]
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South Sudan is an exciting place to be if you are starting a new business or looking for investment opportunities. The country’s economy is one of the fastest-growing in Africa, and the government is actively looking to attract new players in the oil and other sectors. There are plenty of opportunities to succeed if you’re […]
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Only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa – out of 236 000 ICT (tech) roles, women occupy 56 000 of them, according to industry website WomenInTech.co.za. “As a sector, we need to hire women to improve diversity in the workplace (and it’s been proven that higher diversity equals higher productivity and […]
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By Aaron Fuchs, CEO of iXperience In early March, I was in California, visiting the campuses of some of the US’ best universities: Stanford, USC, UCLA and UC Berkeley. My team and I were marketing iXperience’s study abroad and internship programmes. The year was going well: we were on track to host 400 or more […]
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Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, but new research suggests that middle-aged ones are more successful. Contradicting the popular image of tech-savvy whizz kids launching new empires from college dorms, the data suggests there are more successful US business founders in their forties than any other age group. AGE MATTERS A study by MIT […]
...“No idea is ever too small to start something big. Nothing is impossible; it’s just a matter of hard work and identifying the right opportunities.” Owning a business can be challenging, but once a business firmly establishes itself, entrepreneurship becomes rewarding. I had an opportunity to chat with Eloïne Barry, a multi-skilled, multilingual communications and […]
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