Blogs - Business Fights Poverty

MyC4 raises capital for African entrepreneurs

MyC4 - http://www.myc4.com MyC4 raises capital for African entrepreneurs, and in so doing is striving to become a significant tool in the fight to end extreme poverty. MYC4 is an online marketplace that connects you directly with African entrepreneurs, who lack capital to develop their businesses. We see a huge business potential in Africa waiting to be triggered. MYC4 is the explosive, they claim. Continue

Added by Karsten Weitzenegger on November 21, 2009 at 10:36pm — 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

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

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

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

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 9:47am — No Comments

Blog Action Day 09- Climate change and poverty

Today is 15 October 2009 and Blog Action Day 09 is here! Blog Action day see bloggers around the world write blogs on an issue that affects humanity and this year the them is CLIMATE CHANGE I thought I would add a twist to it by looking at climate change and poverty as I strongly believe that these two go hand in hand in the parts of the world where my work is based. On the whole the people I work with in East Africa are in rural areas and live off t… Continue

Added by Ida Horner on October 15, 2009 at 10:16am — 2 Comments

Africa - Exploring the Final Frontier

This post is an exerpt from my post on Beyond Profit, where I am a guest blogger. About four years ago I fell in love with Africa, specifically South Africa, after volunteering in a township called Umgababa, outside of Durban. I traveled there with Habitat For Humanity’s Global Village Program to build homes for families living in poverty. I can still remember the warmth with which we were received and the pride of the family whose h… Continue

Added by Jerryanne Heath on September 22, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Women entrepreneurs in the fight against poverty

The UK's Department for International Development's Africa Division has just launched its "… Continue

Added by Zahid Torres-Rahman on September 20, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

African NGOs leveraging technology

Africare, the largest and oldest U.S. development organization focused solely on Africa, is launching an iPhone application which will share positive stories of individuals and families in Africa in a format that can readily be shared with others. This is part of the organizations new Pass it On! marketing campaign. The iPhone application's features include a photo gall… Continue

Added by Jerryanne Heath on September 8, 2009 at 8:40am — 1 Comment

Got what it takes to be a social entrepreneur?

I am one of the organizers of a ground breaking forum on African social entrepreneurship on September 26, 2009 - the Africa Social Enterprise Forum (ASEF) ASEF flyer-2 1.pdf. In the process of organizing the conference, I have seen the term "social entrepreneur" used rather loosely. With all of the buzz around social entrepreneurship in r… Continue

Added by Jerryanne Heath on August 17, 2009 at 5:25am — No Comments

Good News for Nonprofits Despite the Recession

Just read a great blog post from Patrick O'Heffernan, Ph.D. ("Dr. O") on Social Edge about Young Philanthropists and trends in giving. As a young entrepreneur actively involved with nonprofits and social enterprises I have witnessed the eagerness of my peers to give and to make a difference, despite the economic downturn. Yet I was surprised by the magnitude of this trend after reading Dr. O's post. Despite all of the ne… Continue

Added by Jerryanne Heath on August 6, 2009 at 1:30pm — 8 Comments

Job Opportunities in Tanzania

One of Grassroots Business Fund's portfolio companies, Selfina, is searching for a new CFO and General Manager. Selfina is a microleasing company based in Tanzania. Please visit website for job descriptions and requirements. http://www.gbfund.org/?q=event Please contact Pierre Berard (GBF Investment Officer in Tanzania) directly: Pierre Berard Investment Officer Grassroots Business Fund +255 (0) 754 221 509 +1 202 468 9042 pberard@gbfund.org 1601 Connecticut Av., NY Suite 501 Washington, DC 2… Continue

Added by Jerryanne Heath on August 6, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Turning Challenges Into Opportunities - Part Two

Transformation Crisis management requires well thought through transformation and a fundamental re-thinking on how operators, local governments and vendors work together. Turning the effects of the global financial crisis into a positive might seem far fetched however if businesses take the actions required fast with a very structured approach and not treating the current crisis as yet another firefighting project or business as usual, ending up with fixes normally just scratching the surface.… Continue

Added by Lars Stork on July 31, 2009 at 5:43am — No Comments

Turning Challenges Into Opportunities - Part One

Financial crisis Telecoms operators and vendors doing business across Africa are entering unchartered terrain with this conjuncture of profound crises - the fallout from the financial crisis will be severe. People are being faced with a deep sense of insecurity; misery and hardship will increase for many poorer people everywhere. The movements will grow further as recession starts to bite and economies start sinking into depression. We need principles of transformation, perhaps more than at an… Continue

Added by Lars Stork on July 28, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Together we can support entrepreneurs in Africa!

Hi Everyone Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa.com) is an initiative that seeks to connect investors and entrepreneurs. It is dedicated to building sustainable business in Africa. If you like the project please vote for it on Idea Blob - see below - it really doesn't take long at all. If the project wins, the money will be used to pay the salaries of young developers in Kampala, Uganda. These funds mean we can add new tools (Afridex.net) and improve the functionality of the… Continue

Added by Ben on July 9, 2009 at 11:34am — 3 Comments