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Martin Kalonga Chifwala
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Hi Ben,
There are so many opportunities in Africa in which younth can venture and better there lives.But the problem most Africans face is Where to source money to finance there project since African Banks really marginalise younth,low income groups…
Hi evryone,
lam an entrepreneur wishing to establish an organisation whose project is to focus on introducing a new and innovative way of providing financial services to low income zambians( especially SMEs and smallholder farmers) at an affortable…
We all agree that supporting entrepreneurs in developing countries is crucial to lifting people out of poverty. How best to do it?
Profile Information
- Source of my passion about the power of business to fight poverty
- I am an entrepreneur, I am a social entrepreneur, I am an academic
- Industry:
- Agriculture/Education/Hospitality
- About my work:
- lam a start up and lam trying to set up an organisation that will focus directly on introducing a new and innovative way of providing financial services to low income zambians especially small scale farmers and SMEs at affortable rates.
lam also a student doing bachelors in Entrepreneurship at Mulungushi Univertisy Zambia.-Distance
lam a former Banker of more than 10 years experience.
- Interested in:
- Professional Contacts, Potential Partners, Sharing resources, New ventures, Expertise requests
- Topics on my radar:
- lam trying to look for expertise advise and seek to secure partners or financial assistance in form of unsecured loan(payable in five years) to help me kick start the project.
l also seeking organisational partnership in the said project.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:48pm on November 22, 2009,
David McNaught said…
- Hi Martin,
Your start up sounds interesting. I agree that financial services can play a key role in promoting development and would be interested in hearing more about your plans.
Sadly I can't really help financially or technically, but if you'd be willing it'd be great to have a look over any business plans or outlines of various strategies that you have.
I hope in the future to be involved with innovative ways of providing financial services, so if I can learn from what you're doing that'd be great, and I'll offer any help that I can.
Hope you're well, David
- At 11:55am on November 16, 2009,
Parag Dave said…
- We believe supporting entrepreneurs in developing countries is crucial to lifting people out of poverty.
We aim at providing Business Model & creating Opportunity for the poor, Under and Un Educated Youths, Training and assistance to young ENTREPRENEURS to help them to start their own industry for growth, be Self Employed to escape the endless cycle of poverty.
We have developed compact Mini machines (Plastics) affordable and convenient for the common people to start with a very small capital. The machine provides wide product range and many industry options to work with. We have been conferred by PLASTINDIA FOUNDATION with PLASTICON AWARD for the same.
We provide training and assistance to Entrepreneurs to start their own ventures in Plastic industry and also participate in EDP organised by Government and Non government organisations
- At 8:40am on August 25, 2009,
Ida Horner said…
- Thanks for connecting. If I can help I will be happy too
- At 2:11pm on August 24, 2009,
Fiona Mati said…
- Hi Martin,
How's Zambia? ... It's great to hear that you are also interested in entrepreneurship development. I am sure that there must be similarities in obstacles entrepreneurs (be they youth, women ...) face in East Africa as well as your country.
At Yipe.org, our business model has a hybrid of income drivers. So we get financing from advertising and grants.
But that of course is not enough, so we leap frog on other organisations that provide internet services. In our case we do this in partnership with a local organisation called Mars Group whose focus is on governance. Yipe.org gets web-space as well as technical help.
I think for starters, it's always best to form partnerships so both organisations can grow together, whilst also keeping operational costs to a minimum. But Martin, I also believe that finances is no reason not to start a business. If there is a market and you are determined to make a difference, start small; think big, then things happen.
Keep in touch & let me know how it goes.
Fiona
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