Ghana Establishes $2.7m YES Fund For Young Entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurs, Money
- August 14, 2014
The annual Youthpreneur Business Summit is a platform for innovative and young Nigerian entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-35 aimed at sharing ideas, networking and mentoring in order to finding lasting solutions to the challenges ravaging the nation’s economy. The theme for this year’s summit ‘Passion to Wealth: Road to Economic Diversification,’ cannot be more
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READ MORESheLeadsAfrica, facilitator of the African female-centred business pitch competition, SLAPitch competition has announced the commencement of a more robust replacement to its pitch competition called the SLA Accelerator programme. The SLA Accelerator programme just like the SLAPitch competition will be open to female entrepreneurs looking to scale their businesses. The programme is a 3-month residence
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