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Entrepreneurial journeys: A magical recipe for potential entrepreneurs!
The idea of creating your own business has always haunted you? The fear of uncertainty keeps you paralysed? Or obstacles have so far forced you to postpone or even abandon your dream?
If yes, there is certainly no better recipe for motivation than reading stories of entrepreneurs whose determination to move forward despite the odds has led to success. Here's the magical recipe:-)!
Principles of Entrepreneurship
Economists and business people differ in their definitions of entrepreneurship. Most, however, agree that entrepreneurship is vital for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities in all societies. This is particularly true in the developing world, where successful small businesses are the primary engines of job creation and poverty reduction. This series of 21 one-page primers discusses the essentials for building and running a business from the planning stages to marketing a product.
SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Welcome to the entrepreneurial economy: small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets.Whilst some spin-offs and high growth firms are having remarkable success, however, the broad bulk of small firms are not capitalising on their advantages.
Doing Business in Kenya 2010: A case of promoting local good practices
Doing Business in Kenya 2010 is the first subnational report on the country. It compares business regulations across 11 Kenyan localities. The report focuses on local and national regulations that affect 4 stages in the life of a small- or mid-sized domestic enterprise: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and enforcing contracts. The report shows that differences in local regulations and in the enforcement of national-level regulations can enhance or constrain local business activity.
Doing Business in Nigeria 2010: Jigawa top performer, Kano top reformer
Doing Business in Nigeria 2010 compares business regulations across all 36 states and the capital. The report focuses on state and national regulations that affect four stages in the life of a small to medium-size domestic firm: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property and enforcing contracts.
6th International Microinsurance Conference
From 9 to 11 November 2010, the 6th International Microinsurance Conference will take place in Manila, Philippines. This event is hosted by the Munich Re Foundation and the Microinsurance Network supported by GTZ/BMZ, the Department of Finance of the Philippines and Georgia State University’s Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk.
Regional Program Manager Soy Value Chain Development in Mozambique & Zambia
TechnoServe is recruiting a Regional Program Manager to be based in Lusaka (Zambia) for a four-year soy value chain development program in Mozambique, Zambia and India funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program aims at:
Doing Business in the East African Community 2010
Countries in East Africa generally show mixed results in Doing Business’s annual reports, but there are pockets of good practice that, if adopted by all countries in the region, would yield a very healthy business environment, according to Doing Business in the East African Community 2010.
Consultant for the development of national action plan on youth employment
The Ministry of Gender and Youth, Sports and Recreation (MGYSR), in the department of Youth under Youth Employment Promotion towards Poverty Reduction in Lesotho, with the support of the UNDP, ILO and UNICEF, is seeking the services of a consultant to develop a comprehensive National Action Plan on Youth Employment (NAPYE) based on comprehensive studies on issues concerning youth and the Lesotho’s youth labour absorption capacity.
Africa Economic Outlook Conference: Understanding Economic Recovery
You are invited at the Africa Economic Outlook Conference to hear IHS Global Insight's experts and distinguished guest speakers offer their insights and perspectives on the sustainability of the recovery for the global and regional economies, and explore its impact on the business environment. During the conference, experts will explore the challenges, risks, and opportunities facing organizations as we begin down the path to economic recovery, including:
Books: CSR, Business and Public Policy: Towards Inclusive Development
Corporate social responsibility or more generally the duty of the private sector to foster social and developmental goals is increasingly becoming topical as awareness mounts that firms have responsibility not just to their shareholders and employees but also to the community/society at large. These two recent books from the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), delve on corporate social responsibility and the interaction between business and public policy as viewed from an inclusive development perspective.
The Business Impact of Intellectual Property Laws in South Africa
A study released today documents how the intellectual property laws in South Africa impact influence business operations in the country.
The results of this in-depth analysis have international implications, as many nations are struggling today with their intellectual property laws to keep pace with fast moving technological advances.
The analysis was conducted by Nthabisheng Phaswana and Dario Tanziani of the law firm Adams & Adams, and reported in their publication, “The Business Impact of Intellectual Property Laws in South Africa.”
Various UNCDF Technical Advisors position in Inclusive Finance
The UNCDF is recruiting for various technical advisor positions throughout Africa:
1. Technical Advisor, Inclusive Finance, Johannesburg.
2. Technical Advisor, Dakar, Senegal.
3. Technical Advisor- Inclusive Finance, Dakar, Senegal.
International Consultant: Youth employment Technical Expert
The UNDP is recruiting an international consultant with ten years practical experience in local economic development to design a comprehensive project document for intervention in youth employment creation in Sierra Leone.
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Consultancy (Home-based) -Payment for Environmental Services in SSA
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are increasingly becoming an instrument to create market-based incentives for engaging stakeholders beyond the state and public entities in the conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems and environmental services. They offer a new approach to securing revenue streams for conservation and addressing poverty. However, the uptake of PES in Africa is still limited. This limitation has mainly been attributed to:
TO DO!2010: International Contest Socially Responsible Tourism
The TO DO! – Contest Socially Responsible Tourism is announced worldwide for the sixteenth time by Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V. (Institute for Tourism and Development). Enterprises and public or private institutions that take into account the interests and needs of the local population in their touristic activities are welcome to apply. That socially responsible and sustainable projects and measures can be economically successful at the same time has been proven impressively by the latest TO DO! award winners from the Gambia and Mozambique.
An African Football World Cup at Last! Maximing Impact of 2010 World Cup
Although published in June 2008, this publication is more timely than ever now as the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ kicks off in a few days. Entitled "An African Football World Cup at Last! But what will be the effects? Maximising positive impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™", the publication presents the results of an international symposium on the impact of mega sports events on development goals held in March 2008 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The symposium brought together 40 experts (haft from South and half from the North) to discuss three core questions:
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa
Jenny Aker and Isaac Mbiti examine the growth of mobile phone technology over the past decade and consider its potential impacts upon quality of life in low-income countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. They first provide an overview of the patterns and determinants of mobile phone coverage in sub-Saharan Africa before describing the characteristics of primary and secondary mobile phone adopters on the continent.
African Success Stories Show Need to Think From the Ground Up
This article reads into some of the success stories Africa is experiencing in the business sector thanks to new-mindset entrepreneurs seeing opportunities in low and middle income groups traditionally excluded/ignored by mainstream businesses.
Handbook: Local youth entrepreneurship support
This handbook presents a criteria list of good practice that can be read as a ‘tool’ to self-assess and re-orient current strategies, structures and practices in youth entrepreneurship support. Short descriptions of good practice initiatives from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, the United States, and Ukraine provide useful guidance.
