Who says you’re too young to start your own business? If you’ve got an awesome idea and are all pumped up to make a solid difference, then there’s an actual programme that will help you get off the ground. Don’t worry if you haven’t got all the skills you think …
Read More »AlphaCode’s Maseko: Wanted – next generation of financial services giants
The AlphaCode Incubate is hunting for disruptive financial services startups with the intention of giving them a couple million rand hand-up. An application process which began on May 15 closes in just over a week. AlphaCode’s head of ecosystem development Andile Maseko was a guest on this week’s Rational Radio Live where he explained …
Read More »U of U launches master’s program designed specifically for entrepreneurs
(KUTV) — The University of Utah is taking its business school to the next level with a new master’s degree designed specifically for entrepreneurs. The David Eccles School of Business at the U announced on Wednesday that it’s taking it nationally ranked program for entrepreneurship to new heights with the launch …
Read More »Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week
Startup founders in Cape Town have a choice of two Solution Space events to attend on Friday (3 May). The first is a VC Office Hours session with Hlayisani Capital portfolio manager Mathew Palin. The second is an IP Office Hours session with Von Seidels founding partner Rowan Joseph. For those in …
Read More »Fairfield University’s StartUp Entrepreneurship Competition
The annual Shark Tank-style competition will see four teams compete in front of a panel of investors for seed money. From Fairfield University: Mark your calendar for Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. for Fairfield University’s StartUp Showcase, the annual Shark Tank-style entrepreneurship competition, where select teams of student entrepreneurs will make their …
Read More »Director of Entrepreneurship Peter Rachor to leave UP
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 …
Read More »Entrepreneurs capture funding, support in new venture competitions at Tufts University
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. …
Read More »Dakar Network Angels launches, makes Coliba its first investment
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 …
Read More »TechPreneur Africa – Nigeria
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, …
Read More »Street Business School – Uganda
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 …
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