Tag: Youths
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Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards
Young entrepreneurs (aged 30 or under) are invited to submit inspiring initiatives that tackle the challenge of sustainable living. Prize: €200,000 in financial support and tailored mentoring will be awarded to the seven most impressive entries. Deadline: November 1, 2013 Apply here: http://www.changemakers.com/sustliving#competition
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Apply to the 2013 Development Case Competition
The World Bank invites individuals and teams of up to five (5) creative thinkers (who are 18-35 years old) to submit a proposal for one of the four development cases that highlight real life challenges facing development organizations. The Development Case competition model is a platform for discussion and results. This year’s theme, cultivating an…
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Innovation in Africa: Here’s what Young African Women Entrepreneurs Have to Say
How can we support and improve Innovation in Africa? Supporting innovation in Africa is no easy task. Political instability, civil wars, terrorism, and uncertainty often disturb the ecosystem of progress and sustainable development. The AWP Network met with three (3) of Africa’s most innovative young women entrepreneurs who share their thoughts on how to improve…
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$150,000 for Innovative African Solutions to African Challenges
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) announced the call for entries for the 2014 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). The prestigious Prize, presented annually since 2012, aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa. In an effort to drive African-led development, the IPA invites African entrepreneurs and innovators to propose projects that unlock new African…
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What qualities do I need to become an entrepreneur?
I am sure that there are many more qualities that one needs. But three (4) Rs come to mind. 1. Be Relevant – if your work is not relevant, it will not be recognized. Questions to think about are: (a) what problem (s) are you solving? If you are relevant and solving a problem, I…
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The AWP Photo Competition – Meet the Judges
1. Mametja Moshe, (Johannesburg, South Africa) is Executive Director at Identity Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd., an African mining investment company. Before joining the Identity group of companies, Mametja worked as an Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley covering the South African, Zambian, and Nigerian Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity capital markets for the mining industry. Mametja…
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Why Most Businesses Fail in the First Six Months
By James Jorner When you decide to start a business, you have two goals in mind: to solve a problem and to make profit. But these two things are not as easy as they usually sound. If they were, every building you pass by each day would be a successful business. There are stages businesses…
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Small Businesses Tackle Poverty in Mauritius
By Nasseem Ackbarally Port Louis — Raja Venkat, a food vendor on the sidewalk of Immigration Square in the centre of Port Louis, the Mauritian capital, sits on his tricycle with a bag full of dhal puris – small, round, flat Indian bread stuffed with pulses – which he sells together with tomato sauce and…
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The AWP Network Entrepreneurial Photo Competition
Please read and follow the instructions. Not following the instructions will get you disqualified. Four (4) Simple Steps: 1. Read the instructions and complete this application form: www.awpphotocompetition.com 2. Take a picture showing us either of the following (1) what it means to be an entrepreneur in your local community, (2) what entrepreneurship means to…
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