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Peter Rachor, director of Entrepreneurship and of the university’s nationally awarded Entrepreneur Scholars program, will leave the University of Portland after this academic year. Rachor has accepted the Hynds Entrepreneurship Fellowship at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. The five-year fellowship will mirror some of his work at UP. During the first …

Annual contests celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship across Tufts community7 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (April 16, 2019)—Five new ventures, including a noninvasive alternative to traditional methods of spay and neuter and a “hard” kombucha, took home top prizes at Tufts University’s annual entrepreneurship competitions: the 15th annual $100k New Ventures Competition and the Tufts Food and Entrepreneurship Competition. …

Dakar Network Angels (DNA) has launched to back tech startups in Francophone Africa, and made Ivory Coast waste collection and management startup Coliba its first portfolio company. Dakar Network Angels is an angel investing group comprised of 31 members across four continents, who are either investment professionals or industry experts willing …

TechPreneur Africa focuses on accelerating development across Africa by building meaningful partnership and linkages with more developed regions of the world. Founded with the support of the MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship and the MasterCard Foundation, TechPreneur Africa is a social impact organization that empowers African entrepreneurs, institutions, …

Our story begins with one courageous woman. In a chance encounter, our founders met Millie Grace Akena while walking through a Ugandan slum. Millie sat outside of her mud home, rolling beads from strips of paper under the sweltering sun, when Devin Hibbard, Ginny Jordan and Torkin Wakefield stopped to …

At A.Y.E we aim at success and development of Africa’s budding entrepreneurs through mutual networking, and with established captains of industry. We use conferences, workshops and motivational talks to share practical information on how to continuously improve implementation, development and management of business initiatives. Lack of accurate knowledge and finance …

Ekow Mensah Consulting (EMC) is a legacy driven company passionate about helping companies maximize their efficiency, find solutions to pertinent challenges in business, sustain business growth, reduce cost and increase results. EMC is a reputable business and management consulting firm with an excellent track record of working with esteemed clients such …