Entrepreneurship in Africa

Chamber Urges Local Entrepreneurs To Exploit US’ African Growth and Opportunity Act 0
- Development
- August 3, 2015
The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) has called on Nigerian entrepreneurs to exploit the opportunities of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to leverage their skills and businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Mr Olabintan Famutimi, NACC President, as saying that AGOA presented the best opportunities for Nigerian entrepreneurs to be globally competitive
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Full Text: President Obama’s Entrepreneurship Speech in Nairobi During GES 2015 0
- Event
- July 27, 2015
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Good morning! AUDIENCE: Good morning! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Tanga jumbo. Thank you so much, President Kenyatta, for your timely remarks, your warm welcome, and the great work that has gone into hosting this summit. It is wonderful to be back in
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African Women Doing Extraordinary Things On The Global Stage – Juliana Rotich From Kenya.0
- Entrepreneurs
- July 20, 2015
In 2014, one of the most prestigious global magazines, Fortune, named a young Kenyan woman Juliana Rotich, as one the “50 Greatest Leaders in the World”. This was an amazing accolade for anyone, particularly someone who was still only 37 years old. It was also a major paradigm shift: -Juliana is not from the West
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Dear Entrepreneur, Keep The Fanfare Under Control. They Don’t Guarantee Salaries 0
- Uncategorized
- July 20, 2015
Businesses are like relationships – there’s a honeymoon phase. It’s the proverbial butterfly-in-the-tummy period where everything appears rosy and the stars seem to align on the prospect of a world-changing, game-changing, everything-changing business plan. The team is sprung on the vision; everyone pulls all-nighters and monitors social media mentions like it’s second nature. But honeymoon
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3 Alarming Signs You Need To Change Your Business Model 0
- Management
- July 8, 2015
I have been reviewing my business plan and model to see if I needed to change it for the second half of the financial year. I feel that this has been a long time coming due to certain results in business actions that I took and therefore; I decided to sit down and see how
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Exclusive: This British-Nigerian Multi-millionaire Tech Investor Plans To Fund 20 Startups Before 2017 0
- Entrepreneurs, Technology
- May 29, 2015
We caught up with British-Nigerian serial investment entrepreneur Freddie Achom, who founded the private investment firm Rosemont Group Capital Partners in 2003. His investment firm has invested in a wide range of sectors including Mumbai listed renewable energy company CPEC LTD, biotechnology to tech based companies, and has most recently invested in the UK’s leading
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