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AFC: African Agriculture's Future Lies in Cultivating Youth, Not Only Crops

on September 29, 2018

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AFC: 11 Kenyan Women Entrepreneurs Making Inspiring Waves across Africa

With the growth of the Kenyan entrepreneurial ecosystem, so has been the rise of female-owned businesses and establishment. This has been driven more by the creation of women-centered policies and programmes for empowerment like the Women Enterprise Fund and women led accelerators and boot camps. But even with these developments, there’s still some resistance and barriers women entrepreneurs are facing when setting up their business. Nevertheless, there’s a new breed of women who have embraced these challenges and propelled against the resistance to create vibrant and thriving businesses in the region. Today, we look at 11 young and intelligent women entrepreneurs who are not just innovating their idea into success but contributing immensely to the growth of the ecosystem. From beauty, Fintech, social enterprises and even human resource, these women have defied the norm to become the ultimate inspiration for business in Kenya and Africa as a whole. 1. Catherine ...

AFC: The start-up that matters the most- Agriculture

By: Carl Manlan, COO, Ecobank Foundation Agriculture is the future of work in Africa. This may seem counter-intuitive, and, to be sure, technology will play a critical role to ensure that 12 million Africans entering the job market every year find their fulfillment along national, regional, continental and global value chains. Established technology start-ups like Alibaba, Airbnb, Amazon, and Youtube created platforms to capture economic value. Those riding the wave of these startups in Africa are disconnected from where the value lies on our continent: agriculture. Agriculture was the foundation that sprung into manufacturing then industrialization in North America, Europe, and Asia. That was the path taken to transform economies. In Africa, we started along that trajectory and then we got caught into development that held the promise that Africa would catch up. We did not. In the process, agriculture lost its importance. " In Ghan...

AFC: GHANA- Applications are now open for Young Money Business Pitch

As part of the Student Entrepreneurship Week Ghana taking place from July 26-28, 2018, Stars From All Nations has partnered with Echo VC Partners , Venture Capital for Africa , 3rdfloor Digital and Workshed Africa to launch Young Money Business Pitch competition . This pitch competition is specifically designed to give student entrepreneurs with scalable businesses or business ideas access to pipeline opportunities for growing their businesses or launching their ideas. We shall shortlist the top ten business ideas from the pool and open the selection process for a public vote in choosing the top five businesses that will advance to the next stage. Voting will take place on SFAN’s Facebook page . The top five business ideas will pitch before an expert panel of judges at SFAN Business Breakfast Meeting – The Graduation on July 28. Three Young Money Business Pitch winners will stand a chance of getting equity ...

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