The goal of this article is to provide insight for those of you interested in starting businesses in Africa. I’ll break down all the costs associated with what I’ve done in my first month here so that you have an accurate, first-hand account. All the prices are in U.S. dollars with Ugandan Shillings [...]

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. Founder Martin Fisher recently sat down with HaveFunDoGood’s Britt Bravo to discuss the nature of his work, KickStart’s future and his perspective on microfinance. You can read the full article here but here’s [...]

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Auditioning of participants for the Entrepreneur TV Series sponsored by ECOBANK and Vitamalt has moved to Aba, Abia State. The Aba auditioning is coming barely two days after the Kano show, which had participants from most of the northern states scuttling for place in the TV reality series.

Displaced African has an interesting podcast interview with entrepreneur and web developer David Kobia, creator of Mashada and Ushahidi.

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Coming in 2008…Investors Without Borders will launch a web-based marketplace connecting individuals across the globe with opportunities to invest directly in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Investors gain access to return-oriented, social impact investments by directly funding SME loan requests with as little as $100 per loan. Borrowers gain access [...]

MONTE CARLO, MONACO — Ernst & Young officially kicked off its global sponsorship of the 2008 Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 17-23, 2008), a first-ever worldwide series of entrepreneurship events, with the help of the Week’s founding sponsor, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
As a global sponsor, Ernst & Young will provide support and initiate activities designed [...]

I’m a huge advocate of internet technology being used to improve conditions around the world. In my own experiences in Silicon Valley, however, I’ve found that many there aren’t interested in social change. They’re interested in starting some web company based on a loose business model, selling it and retiring young. Who can [...]