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“The African Challengers/Lions” – Boston Consulting Group.
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
After the prior study regarding the current economical situation in the continent of Africa from McKinsey & Company, comes another big management consulting firms take on the emerging market of Africa. It’s time for Boston Consulting Group to tell the world about the current status of the African economy, which they believe is overshadowed by Asia in the east and, to a lesser degree, by South America to the west. Over the last decade however, Africa has begun to emerge.
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“Imagine Innovation Everywhere!” – Patent Free Zone.
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Do you live or run a business outside the dark green areas of this map? Congratulations, you’re in a Patent Free Zone!
Tags: MEST, Neopatents, Patent Free Zone
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The White House on Africa’s Tech sector.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
2 weeks ago the White House blog acknowledged a number of individuals who are using technology to nurture local innovation in Africa. Some of the groups mentioned were Hive Colab and Appfrica in Uganda, Ushahidi and the iHub in Kenya, Limbe Labs in Cameroon, and Sodnet, Kenya’s Civil Society Organization.
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The World Cup in South Africa 2010 in Retrospect – Positives & Negatives.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Now, almost a month after the final whistle is blown and the Spanish footballteam stands as the World Champions in the World Cup in South Africa 2010. We’re now looking back at the Positives and Negatives and the fact that there was only one African team that had the stamina, team-spirit and a deadly striker that had the chance to put an African team to the Semi-Finals for the first time ever. The fact that FIFA banned all small entrepreneurs around the Stadiums is the most negative aspect of the World Cup in South Africa.
Tags: Cyan, Ghana, South Africa, World Cup
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What’s driving Africa’s growth? – McKinsey & Company.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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The Rate of Return on foreign investment is higher in Africa than in any other developing region. Global executives and investors has to pay heed.
Tags: Africa, Africa's growth, Africa's Potential, Economy, McKinsey
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East-Africa Report on Private Equity.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
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SIDA Conference on CleanTech, Creative & Innovative ideas.
Friday, May 21st, 2010
- World reknown innovator & super entrepreneur, Günther Pauli, held a passionate seminar at the SIDA conference.
During this week Africa’s Potential and more then 130 trade commissioners, ambassadors, innovators and entrepreneurs were invited to take part of SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) conference in Härnösand, the northern part of Sweden. SIDAs new initiative, the launching of the new program Business For Development (B4D). The focus of this conference aimed towards reaching out to Clean Tech, Creative & Innovative ideas in order to fight poverty in a more effective way.
During this conference world known speakers and innovators held seminars, such as Mr Günther Pauli (see the Youtube video below) Founder of the ZERI Foundation (Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives), which is a global network of creative minds seeking solutions to world challenges. The common vision shared by the members of the ZERI family is to view waste as resource and seek solutions using nature’s design principles as inspiration. He’s also the author of the Blue Economy book, which is reaching out regarding a new business model to inspire entrepreneurs to shape a new economy based on competative innovations, creating JOBS and SOCIAL CAPITAL.
Tags: B4D, Business for Development, Gunther Pauli, SIDA, Sunita Narain, ZIRI
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Africa’s Potential’s upcoming Lectures & Seminars.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Want to know more what Africa’s Potential’s vision & goals are and the current projects? Curious to find out what’s going on in the Rwanda incubator project and the making of the Swedish-East African Chambers of Commerce? Below is a list of a few lectures and seminars Africa’s Potential will be attending and holding during the months to come.
Tags: Africa, east, East-African entrepreneurship program, entrepreneurs, foundation, HQ Bank, incubator, lectures, Oriflame, Rework, Rwanda, seminars, Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm School of Economics, Swedish trade council, Tällberg
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Recent posts from our blog…- “The African Challengers/Lions” – Boston Consulting Group. August 25, 2010After the prior study regarding the current economical situation in the continent of Africa from McKinsey & Company, comes another big management consulting firms take on the emerging market of Africa. It’s time for Boston Consulting Group to tell the world about the current status of the African economy, which they believe is overshadowed by [...] […]
- “Imagine Innovation Everywhere!” – Patent Free Zone. August 23, 2010Do you live or run a business outside the dark green areas of this map? Congratulations, you’re in a Patent Free Zone! After being contacted by the Founder of Patent Free Zone and NeoPatents, JiNan Glasgow, a well recognized expert in intellectual property (IP), I thought I should share Patent Free Zones story. What is Pa […]
- The White House on Africa’s Tech sector. August 11, 20102 weeks ago the White House blog acknowledged a number of individuals who are using technology to nurture local innovation in Africa. Some of the groups mentioned were Hive Colab and Appfrica in Uganda, Ushahidi and the iHub in Kenya, Limbe Labs in Cameroon, and Sodnet, Kenya’s Civil Society Organization. [...] […]
- The World Cup in South Africa 2010 in Retrospect – Positives & Negatives. August 10, 2010Now, almost a month after the final whistle is blown and the Spanish footballteam stands as the World Champions in the World Cup in South Africa 2010. We’re now looking back at the Positives and Negatives and the fact that there was only one African team that had the stamina, team-spirit and a deadly striker [...] […]
- What’s driving Africa’s growth? – McKinsey & Company. June 8, 2010‘ The Rate of Return on foreign investment is higher in Africa than in any other developing region. Global executives and investors has to pay heed. Africa’s economic pulse has quickened, infusing the continent with new commercial vibrancy. Real GDP rose by 4.9 percent a year from 2000 through 2008, more then twice its pace in [...] […]
- East-Africa Report on Private Equity. June 2, 2010News from the East African private equity market. “During the international financial crisis in 2007 & 2008 the African continent rode out the financial storm better then the large majority of the world. The immense opportunities in the African continent has really been an eye-opener for allot of international Private Equity firms, but finding and [...] […]
- SIDA Conference on CleanTech, Creative & Innovative ideas. May 21, 2010World reknown innovator & super entrepreneur, Günther Pauli, held a passionate seminar at the SIDA conference. During this week Africa’s Potential and more then 130 trade commissioners, ambassadors, innovators and entrepreneurs were invited to take part of SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) conference in Härnösand, the nor […]
- Africa’s Potential’s upcoming Lectures & Seminars. April 23, 2010Want to know more what Africa’s Potential’s vision & goals are and the current projects? Curious to find out what’s going on in the Rwanda incubator project and the making of the Swedish-East African Chambers of Commerce? Below is a list of a few lectures and seminars Africa’s Potential will be attending and holding during [...] […]
- “The African Challengers/Lions” – Boston Consulting Group. August 25, 2010
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