Ventures Platform, the pan-African VC firm championing the next generation of African technology entrepreneurs, has announced the final close of its early-stage and intercontinental fund, at $46 million. Surpassing its initial $40 million target, the [c]
Equity Group has been feted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global SME Finance Awards 2022 as the platinum winner for the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs. The Group was also named the silver [c]
By Susan Situma Kenya’s improvement in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2022 Global Gender Gap Index is a strong indicator of women’s growing participation in the country’s economic development. According to the report, Kenya’s global [c]
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) launched its 2022 edition on August 30, 2022, welcoming the 43 entrepreneurs selected for the 2022 cohort. The social and inclusive entrepreneurs were chosen among more than 380 [c]
Endeavor has announced that the three co-founders of Field – that is Michael Moreland, Justin Lorenzon, and Peter Bunor – have been selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs at the 26th Virtual International Selection Panel (vISP) held [c]
Over 1,000 women SME owners across Nairobi County have benefited from a five-day financial training tour designed to help women entrepreneurs running small businesses strengthen their financial situations in the post-pandemic era. The training, organised [c]
By Muthoni K Entrepreneurship is like a long and treacherous journey. There are ups and downs. Sometimes one wins, and sometimes one loses. The secret lies in always pushing, having the will, energy, and zeal [c]
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, through its innovation and partnerships arm Liquid Labs, is launching three online courses on legal technology, targeted at supporting career development amongst students, budding entrepreneurs, and lawyers. The programme has been possible [c]
Aspiring and early-stage young African entrepreneurs in creative industries – like fashion, music, film and photography – are being offered the chance to join a new e-learning programme launched by the British Council. The Creative [c]
Huawei, in partnership with South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, has officially launched the Women4Tech digital skills training programme, with an attendance of 107 women entrepreneurs. The initiative aims to help women advance [c]
With the goal of developing youth’s digital skills in Egypt, Vodafone Egypt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft. The partnership combines the efforts of Vodafone through Begin platform and Microsoft initiative Tawar [c]
Despite the gender gap and social challenges, entrepreneurial women across the world and in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are leading the way in tapping into the power of the digital economy to succeed [c]
Huawei South Africa is calling on women entrepreneurs to apply for its digital skills training programme, Women4Tech. The free online course is open to savvy, tech-forward women entrepreneurs, and aims to advance their skills and [c]
Unilever’s Sunlight, has invested in a 5-year programme to support women in business through various initiatives such as financial literacy training and advertising. An estimated 100,000 women entrepreneurs are expected to directly benefit from the [c]
The Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) commits to high-impact entrepreneurs by launching its fifth call for applications for project leaders from across Africa. Interested applicants have until before July 3, 2021 to submit their [c]
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 shaping the future of the African innovation ecosystems in which they [c]
There is a sharp imbalance among Africa’s self-employed workers. Despite women making up well over half (58%) of those self-employed across the continent, male entrepreneurs are still being given more growth opportunities, along with access [c]
Investments aimed to support successful transitions from school and university directly to entrepreneurship could unlock significant employment gains in Africa, this is according to a new research paper from the Anzisha Prize which has worked [c]
Fishing is a great hobby and can be a lot of fun. Riverways and lakes permeate the entire world, and in these river systems and lakes we find an overabundance of fish; mankind has thrived [c]
Challenge of 1000 (or “Challenge des 1000”) is calling on African entrepreneurs with innovative solutions aimed to foster the emergence of sustainable cities to apply and showcase them during the “Challenge des 1000” at the [c]
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