Article posted on Thursday, April, 22nd, 2010
During my visit in Kigali I met the charismatic entrepreneur Fabrice Ngoga Shema, who’s today successfully running his paper bag production company, called SOGEM. (I’ve mentioned Fabrice in earlier blogs here at Africa’s Potential) In this Youtube-clip he tells his story of how the banning of the plastic bags in Rwanda became a great business idea and further on a company which found local financial solutions resulting in the making of SOGEM.
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Article posted on Thursday, April, 8th, 2010
Yesterday, the 7th of April, was the 16th commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The Swedish Social Democratic Parliamentary Group held an event at the second chamber in the Swedish Parliament yesterday were Mr Kent Härstedt MP spokesperson at the Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA) welcomed a large number of ambassadors, members of parliament, NGO’s, Rwandan citizens living in Sweden. Africa’s Potential was also present to pay respect to the almost 1 million people that perished during the 100 days long genocide.
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Article posted on Wednesday, March, 31st, 2010
Africa’s Potential has now succeeded in the mission to send two Swedish entrepreneurship-students, Sebastian Kirchsteiger and Carl von Post, from the Linneaus University to the Rwandan capital of Kigali, in order to create a business-plan/study for the potential building of a businessincubator in Kigali, together with Africa’s Potential’s partner Global Business Lab, which is founded and based at the Stockholm School of Economics. The aim for this project is to increase knowledge-transfer and trade between Sweden and Rwanda.
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Article posted on Tuesday, March, 16th, 2010
During February 2010 the Founder & CEO of Africa’s Potential, Emre Gürler, held a lecture for the business students (Civilekonomprogrammet) at the Linnaeus University’s School of Management and Economics.
The lecture was a mix between how to get inspired to climb out of your comfort zone and to actually dare to take a look outside the security barriers that we in the Western world have created. We have to do this in order to see the vast opportunities that exist in for example the East-African region. A large reason why the world is waking up slowly is due to the fact of the African stereotypes and negative massmedia portrayal of the African continent. Or rather, the lack of focus on the success stories of the continent. There has to be a more balanced massmedia picture of the African continent in order to make the general public aware of the vast opportunities that actually exist. What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the word Africa? Is it positive or negative and why is that?
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Article posted on Thursday, February, 4th, 2010
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Article posted on Monday, January, 25th, 2010
Do you know a leading social entrepreneur? Are you a social entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs are innovators who implement practical and sustainable solutions to address problems in numerous areas including health, education, environment, access to technology and job creation. Whether they are set up as for profit or not-for-profit organizations, their primary focus is transformational and systemic social change. Social entrepreneurs aim for sustainability, typically through the sale of products or services, fees or key partnerships with companies or governments.
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