Shared Value thinking – the ability to see the business opportunity in driving the creation of a better world through the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals – is key to Africa becoming the economic powerhouse of the twenty-first century. Amy Jadesimi, CEO of LADOL, an oil and gas fabrication and multi-logistics service based …
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This landmark forum aims to position Africa’s protected areas within the broader goals of sustainable development and community well-being. The event will provide a platform for holding honest discussions on the future we want for our protected areas and seek solutions to the persistent and emerging problems that stand on the way. The continent has …
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The UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding innovation, impact and inspiration in sustainable development solutions has announced that it will be inviting organisations and schools to submit their entries in one of its five (5) categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Global High Schools. The Prize’s five categories are designed to closely align with the United …
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Are you an early stage start-up based in the Somali region? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation, or developing a tech-enabled product or service addressing a big local need? Are you passionate about your business idea? The Innovate Accelerator is a 12-week program that comprises mentorship and training by domain experts and …
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The World Bank competition will supply a set of training data with anonymized qualitative variables from household surveys in 3 countries, including the “poor” or “not poor” classification for each observation. The challenge is to build models which can accurately classify households from a different set of test data (with the poor/not poor classification removed!) …
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The Andela Fellowship is a four-year, paid technical leadership program designed to shape its fellows into elite software developers. Through training and work with top global technology companies, fellows will master the professional and technical skills needed to become technology leaders, both on the African continent and around the world. The program requires that fellows dedicate …
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The African Women Innovators Network Business Innovation Lab is an intensive training and mentorship program created to equip young African women with the tools needed to develop innovative businesses that help to build a better future for African women and girls. The innovation bootcamp brings together a selected group of ambitious and talented young African …
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The SheStartup Camp is an initiative of African Women In Tech, an organization whose goal is to support African women and girls in technology. Currently, the organization is looking to train 20 women and girls interested in starting an e-commerce business. This first edition is dedicated solely to e-commerce businesses. The 3-day boot camp and training sessions …
The AWP Network continues to work with women farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria. For this training session, AWP partnered with locally-based entrepreneur Zanau Hassan Maikusuwa, a seasoned farmer and CEO of Farmfields Agro-Allied Services with funding support from the Planet Earth Institute. Zanau Hassan will continue to coordinate and manage the day-to-day activities of the …
Growth Academy is a 3-month accelerator for new and existing tech startups in Lagos, Nigeria to grow their businesses into profitable and sustainable enterprises. Selected businesses get product innovation support and access to the value chains of big industry partners to rapidly scale their user base. During the sessions, businesses will get mentored by seasoned industry …
