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- February 6, 2015
In recognition of the need to create a favorable ambience for small and growing enterprises, CoCreation Hub, Oracle, and Tenece invite ideas and people to take part in its 2-day hackathon tagged Enterprise Technology Challenge , where 3 top teams stand a chance to win N2.1 million. Participants will be tasked to create web &
READ MOREIt was a combustible atmosphere at the Lagos Oriental Hotel this week as the inaugural edition of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) took place with hundreds of women and some gentlemen in attendance. With the theme – Investing in Women Entrepreneurs: Unleashing Africa’s Economic Growth, speakers made concerted efforts to infuse their audience
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – Twenty Ghanaian high-potential startups have concluded the first national bootcamp designed to promote local entrepreneurship and innovation in clean technologies. The initiative was organized last week by the soon-to-be-launched World Bank/infoDev’s Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC). The bootcamp aimed to identify and launch growth-oriented Ghanaian entrepreneurs and new ventures involved in developing profitable
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – The World Bank and the iSpace Foundation will on March 14 officially launch the Accra Negawatt, part of the international competition – the Negawatt Challenge – empowering communities around the world to innovate around urban energy issues. The Negawatt Challenge is an open-innovation competition that will leverage a variety of cities’ rich ecosystems of
READ MOREENTERPRISE54 – World Bank development finance unit International Finance Corporation (IFC) has disclosed plans to help Nigerian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) access loans using common moveable collateral like laptops, generators instead of parcels of land, buildings and other hard-to-own fixed assets. A significant number of MSMEs have not been able to secure credit
READ MOREENTREPRISE54 – A new World Bank report has identified entrepreneurship education and training as a catalyst that could stimulate innovation and generate jobs among university graduates, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where graduate unemployment rates are high. The burning question is whether entrepreneurship can actually be taught.The report, Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Insights from Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique,
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