Taking risks and constantly creating opportunities are key to becoming a self-made businessperson, says Mike Eilertsen, CEO ofLive Out Loud Magazine and VAULTLife. Build the product “People do not buy.
“We hope The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme can catalyse and encourage other African business leaders to empower emerging entrepreneurs. If we all come together with requisite resources we can make.
By Kerry A. Dolan and Rafael Marques de Morais Isabel dos Santos commemorated her tenth wedding anniversary to Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo with a party. Subtlety wasn’t on the menu..
When Luvuyo Rani and his brother Lonwabo decided to sell PCs out of the boot of a car to teachers in townships – no one believed they would succeed. Ten.
A San Francisco-based tech business guru says Africa has the potential to create a new wave of global software entrepreneurs. Meltwater founder and CEO Jørn Lyseggen told Fin24 in a.
Kenya has produced many millionaires. In fact it is East Africa’s largest economy. It gets good revenue from tourism. It has vast agricultural land; and oil, which was discovered recently..
African innovation is not yet getting the level of global recognition and support it truly deserves. The continent is brimming with a rising new generation of bold, creative-thinking innovators and.
In less than two decades, Ashish Thakkar turned a $5,000 loan from his parents into a continent-spanning empire. How did he do it? For someone who dropped out of school.
Being a young entrepreneur is difficult, no matter where you are from. But in Africa, the challenges are often far more emphasised. Resources, financing, mentorship and supporting services are even.
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