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“If they can do it in India, we can do the same in Kenya!”
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Tags: capital, CNN, India, IT, Kenya, outsourcing
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The Launch of the Swedish – East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC).
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
The 16th of November 2010 marks the date when the newly established Swedish – East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) will be holding their launching-event at the Swedish Trade’s headquarter in Stockholm. Relations between Sweden and eastern Africa go back at least 50 years. East-Africa is made up by Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda who have now formed a political/commercial union, the East African Community (EAC). Officials from the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Trade organizations, Ambassadors and independent entrepreneurs all focused to do business with the EAC will appear at SWEACCs launch.
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Botswana, Namibia, Ghana & Rwanda the least corrupted countries in Sub-Sahara.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Transparency International(TI) defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. This definition encompasses corrupt practices in both the public and private sectors. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries according to the perception of corruption in the public sector. The CPI is an aggregate indicator that combines different sources of information about corruption, making it possible to compare countries.
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The True Size of Africa & Immapancy.
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
An interesting perspective on how we often missjudge the size of the continents of the world. Kai Krausse gives us his contribution to the rampant IMMAPANCY, “insufficent geographical knowledge”. It’s not all about illiteracy and innumeracy! A survey with American schoolkids let them guees the population and land area of their country. Not entirely unexpected answers, but still rather unsettling, the majority chose “1-2 billion” and “largest in the world”respectively.
This single image tries to embody the massive scale, which is larger then the USA, China, India, Japan and all of Europe…combined! Note: Click on the image in order to zoom.
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Creativity explosion in the develop-”ing” world!
Monday, October 4th, 2010
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Google events in Uganda & Kenya.
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Almost 3 weeks ago Google kicked-off their East-African events in Kampala and in Nairobi, called gUganda and gKenya. More then 650 Engineers, Entrepreneurs and Students learned more about what Google is currently promoting and how it’s boosting African Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in East Africa. To learn more about the outcome and the actual events that took place, why not download presentations from the g-Kenya event here and the g-Uganda event here. If you want to learn more about Google’s presence in the entire continent of Africa: http://www.google-africa.blogspot.com
Tags: Entrepreneurship, events, google, innovation, Kenya, tech, Uganda
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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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Recent posts from our blog…- TEDxMogadishu 17/5 – “The Rebirth”. May 16, 2012There is hope in Somalia. An influx of African Union troops has pushed insurgents out of Mogadishu and representatives from the country’s clans are meeting to discuss the formation of a new government and draft constitution. With sustained peace on the horizon, the Somali diaspora is returning home and starting businesses. International investors are explori […]
- Next Seminar – 26th of April: “Renewable energy in East-Africa!” March 6, 2012On Thursday 26th of April 2012, SWEACC arranges a seminar in cooperation with Sida in Stockholm. The demand for sustainable energy in East Africa is great. The climate change is serious and is threating the conditions for life on earth. All environmentally friendly and renewable kinds of energy sources are important for both rural areas […]
- Top 100 ! January 25, 2012The Swedish career-magazine, Shortcut, each and every year rank the top 100 Swedes under the age of 40, that has made a significant change, or have made a great entreprenurial, political, economical and/or social change during 2011. A person that really stands out from the crowd with other words It’s with great joy that this […]
- Sida + SWEACC = True? September 13, 2011Sida and the Swedish East African Chamber of Commerce, SWEACC, have the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar focusing on how organizations can both work together in order to promote sustainable business and create jobs for poverty reduction in the East African region. Please see attached file […]
- Focus on East Africa – Trade & Investment Conference in London 29th – 30th June. June 17, 2011Focus on East Africa provides a platform for the broadest exposure to trade & Investment between the East African Community (EAC) and Europe. The EAC is a dynamic regional economic bloc comprising 5 countries – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi with a population of over 130 million people and a combined gross domestic […]
- Looking forward to the Globe Forum Final. April 14, 2011Africa’s Potentials Founder Emre Gürler, who also is the new Partner in the clean technology innovation company WatnerNeer won a Finalistprize in the innovations competition Globe Forums regional final in the Södermanland district in Sweden the 30th of March 2011. In the competition Emre Gürler and WaterNeer competed against 8 other innovators that […]
- Africa’s Potentials new Partner: WaterNeer Sweden. April 13, 2011Africa’s Potentials newest partner is WaterNeer Sweden, which is a innovation company within the water re-cycling business. WaterNeer is a mobile water re-cycling system, which cleans highly toxic and polluted water, such as magnesium, arzenik, copper, lead, cadmium, zink, chromium and all other known toxics. WaterNeer Sweden has 5 different […]
- Machakos GreenSolutions Conference in Kenya. April 12, 2011From the 17th to the 20th of April, representatives from Africa’s Potential will attend the Machakos GreenSolutions Conference in Kenya. The aim for Africa’s Potential is to promote WaterNeer, the innovative mobile water re-cycling system to the Kenyans and other investors in the East-African emerging market. The conference is jointly organized between SID […]
- TEDxMogadishu 17/5 – “The Rebirth”. May 16, 2012
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