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"Copenhagen for Africa" Statement - for your comments by 27 November

Three weeks after the 2009 Africa investor CEO Forum and UNEP FI Global Roundtable in Cape Town and only three weeks ahead of the historic UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Africa Investor and UNEP Finance Initiative invite your participation in the the finalisation of a Statement - by Afr… Continue

Added by Business Action for Africa on November 19, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

moladi Construction Building System launched in Accra , Ghana

Another country, another moladi launch, this time in Accra, Ghana A competition was called for by Data Bank in Accra, Ghana to allow competing building technologies to showcase their ability and product on the basis of – Speed, Quality, Cost, Social Acceptability and Creating Employment for the Unskilled. The winner will qualify to construct 100 units for the Ghanaian market funded by Data Bank. The building technologies qualified to participate was Hydraform, Panel Form and moladi We are ver… Continue

Added by Hennie Botes on November 18, 2009 at 4:36pm — No Comments

Branchless banking possible by 2020

CGAP NewsFlash: With the right market conditions, branchless banking, including mobile phone banking, will be the primary channel for poor people to get basic financial services by the year 2020. So says “Scenarios for Branchless Banking in 2020,” a new Focus Note from CGAP and the UK’s Department for Inter… Continue

Added by Business Fights Poverty on November 18, 2009 at 10:38pm — 1 Comment

Vacancy: Director, E+Co Africa

E+Co is a mission driven investment company that provides services and financing to clean energy entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. E+Co invests in enterprises that realize access to clean and affordable energy, resulting in job creation, economic and social development of rural communities and contributing to sustainable development. With a presence in Latin America, Asia and Africa, E+Co invests in local enterprises that identify… Continue

Added by Business Fights Poverty on November 18, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Global Entrepreneurship Week launches today!

Today sees the launch of Global Entrepreneurship Week, a wonderful initiative to “inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity”. Entrepreneurship will be the engine of economic recovery, of poverty reduction and of a more environmentally sustainable future. Last year, over three million people around the world participated in events. To get involved this year,… Continue

Added by Business Fights Poverty on November 16, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Please affirm the charter for compassion

On the 12th November The Charter for Compassion was offically launched. I encourage you to join me and thousands of people (hopefully millions) in affirming the charter and living its words. It’s just one page. Please read and affirm here. Be remarkable Ian Founder Differencemakers Community Partnering passionate people to change what’s normal for the good of people, our planet, and for profit. Continue

Added by Ian Berry on November 16, 2009 at 8:34pm — No Comments

ColaLife AidPod Animation Released!

I've had this animation for a couple of weeks but didn't want to release it before its debut at Chain Reaction on Thursday (12/11/09) where I had the privilege of presenting the ColaLife story (so far) during the opening plenary. A big thank you is due to my son Sam who put this animation together (the audio lets it down a bit but that's down to me!). Does anyone want a copy for their iPhone/mobile? That can be downloaded… Continue

Added by Simon Berry on November 15, 2009 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Gearing Up for Growth - Reducing Poverty Part Two

African mobile operators certainly have paved the way for further business development across industries both at corporate and SME level, the infrastructure and services provided have clearly been successful in its own way, however have also provided opportunities for new and existing businesses to develop and transform the way business is conducted in both urban and rural areas. Some of the success stories are as follows: Rural Distribution model Celtel were empowering and making life better… Continue

Added by Lars Stork on November 13, 2009 at 1:29am — No Comments

African Infrastructure Research - Free Resources

Originally posted at www.afribiz.info. The results of the African Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) study was released by the World Bank today. It provides detailed data and analysis of the ICT, Power, Transport, Air Transport, Ports, Railways, Roads, Irrigation, Water Resources, Water Supply and Sanitation infrastructure sectors in 30 African countries. This research serves as a baseline for future infrastructure development in Afric… Continue

Added by Lauri Elliott on November 12, 2009 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Corporate Volunteering: Top 7 Requests & the Bad, Better and Best Responses (1 of 7)

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth. “We want a volunteer experience that can be done in no more than a day, and no less than a half-day.” Companies want to engage their communities through employee volunteering programs. For most, this means calling a non-profit and schedulin… Continue

Added by Chris Jarvis on November 6, 2009 at 8:22pm — No Comments

London Supports Acumen Fund!

I whole-heartedly believe in fighting poverty through wealth creation (> poverty reduction) and as such wanted to start the London support group chapter for Acumen Fund. If you too are interested in finance, technology, development and entrepreneurship, please join us for our kick-off Fundraiser Soiree Saturday November 21, 2009.

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Added by JF Li on November 6, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Comprehensive aquaponics book released

The word, aquaponics, may still sound new and foreign-sounding, but the term is beginning to get the attention of many who see it as one sustainable agricultural solution for an increasingly crowded planet. This might be especially true for poverty stricken countries. A Georgia-based author, B… Continue

Added by Glenn R. Meyers on November 6, 2009 at 4:26pm — No Comments

Global Giving UK

Have you heard about Global Giving UK, a charity of charities? This is how the charity describes itself. GlobalGiving.co.uk enables you to donate to well-vetted charity projects in regions such as Asia, Africa and South America, and to tangibly see the impact of your giving. Projects on GlobalGiving.co.uk are screened to ensure they meet a genuine charitable purpose, in areas such as education, health, economic development and the envir… Continue

Added by Ida Horner on November 6, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Mining and local content partnerships

Local content – the sourcing of goods, services, labour and materials locally rather than internationally – has emerged as a highly topical issue in the extractive sector. The issue has been identified as particularly relevant to the mining sector as a result of research undertaken by ICMM, the World Bank and UNCTAD begun in 2004 and based on field work in Ghana, Tanzania, Peru and Chile. The research found… Continue

Added by Dave Prescott on November 4, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Gearing Up for Growth - Reducing Poverty Part One

In 2008 The African continent was seeing its strongest economic growth since the 1970s. 15 African countries entered a second decade in which they posted strong annual economic growth rate of above 5%. Despite strong economic performance, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the only region not on track for achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. In 2009 recession has hit Sub-Saharan Africa, export demand is collapsing and commodity prices- in particular those of oil and base metals-under pres… Continue

Added by Lars Stork on October 29, 2009 at 1:54am — No Comments

GAIN's Public-Private Partnerships

TSR, the Swiss Pulic TV reports on GAIN and its public-private partnerships. Watch the video. http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=500000&bcid=710265#vid=11398737 Continue

Added by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition on October 26, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

Susu MicroCredit Fund

The MicroCredit Ventures is looking for social investors that are interested in creating the 1st Social Investment fund for Microfinance Institutions. See www.Mcventures.org. Continue

Added by Ademola Tosoye on October 24, 2009 at 9:44pm — No Comments

Where To Find "Sustainable" Employment?

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth.

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Added by Chris Jarvis on October 22, 2009 at 10:16pm — No Comments

UNDP Request for Proposals (RFP) on Training on Partnership Facilitation and Development for Inclusive Market Development

Deadline: 27-Oct-2009 Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) is a programmatic framework for the field-level implementation of the private sector activities of UNDP. This initiative has been in operations for last six years and has accumulated a lot of experiences in developing and forging partnerships. With GSB’s growing popularity, the time has come to synthesize the internal and external experiences and the best practices on the subject matter. Therefore, this assignment is about developing a tr… Continue

Added by Juergen Nagler on October 19, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

The Mo Ibrahim non-prize for good leadership in Africa: is this really the best way to encourage good governance in Africa?

I attended a packed press conference this morning to hear that the Prize Committee of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has decided this year not to award its annual prize for good leadership for retired African Heads of State (see the BBC report). I have to say that I was surprised and disappointed by the decision - not only because of the damage it does to… Continue

Added by Zahid Torres-Rahman on October 19, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

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