Posts Tagged ‘Africa’s Potential’
Looking forward to the Globe Forum Final.
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Africa’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 all had to convince the jury and the audience within a “60 seconds business pitch” that their idea was the best one innovative solution for sustainability and making great social-economical impact. Almost like the program Idol, but for Innovators!
Emre Gürler states after the win: ” This is a good start for WaterNeer, in order to be a part of a even larger network underneath the umbrella of the Globe Forum worldwide network of investors, governmental organizations, innovators, entrepreneurs and other change makers within the sustainability and clean-technology segment. Clean water is becoming a large scarcity in the entire world, especially in the developing world. This innovation transforms highly polluted water in lakes, ponds, mines, sewage systems into drinking water in a matter of seconds. More then 500 cubicmeter highly polluted water per hour can be transformed into drinking water in different product sizes, giving more then 1 million people 10 liters of clean drinking water, on a daily basis! The sludge that comes out of the system can be used to build building materials, such as bricks. The aim is to spread this mobile water re-cycling system into more countries around the world. WaterNeer is a ultimate poverty reducer ! “
Tags: 2011, Africa's Potential, business pitch, Emre Gürler, Globe Forum, innovation, Waterfront, WaterNeer, Winner
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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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“Why Africa welcomes the Chinese” – the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
“Africa must attract broad investment, not rely on handouts, if we are to sustain development”
There is a debate among geopolitical and economic commentators about the merits of Chinese versus western involvement with Africa. One argument is that Chinese investment is exploitative and undermines the development of democracy and human rights on the continent. Others view the matter in terms of competition, arguing that China is encroaching on the decades-long monopoly of the west over Africa’s natural resources.
Neither of these viewpoints addresses the core issues. First, major players in global investment and development are discussing Africa without engaging its people as equal partners. Second, Africans are not seen to be proactive in setting their own priorities and terms of engagement.
Tags: Africa's Potential, Aid, Chinese, development, handouts, Kagame, Paul, Rwanda, sustain, the World Bank
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Innovative & effective aid-ideas in the making, Swedish Aid 2.0?
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Innovative & effective aid-ideas by the African horizon?
Tags: Africa's Potential, Aid, Aid 2.0, breakthrough, Gunilla Carlsson, SIDA, Swedish Aid, Swedish Foreign Ministry
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Africa’s Potential in Rwanda.
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Africa’s Potentials Emre Gürler has been invited to take part of a Swedish delegation, consisting of representatives from the Swedish Trade Council (Exportrådet), the Swedish institute of international affairs (Utrikespolitiska institutet) as well as the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv).
Tags: Africa, Africa's Potential, Emre Gürler, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Kigali, post-war, Rwanda, sustainability, sustainable society, svenska exportrådet, svenskt näringsliv, Swedish institute of international affairs, Swedish trade council, the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, utrikespolitiska institutet
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Map Over Africa’s Undersea Internetcables.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
One of many success factors for potential entrepreneurs in the continent of Africa is the chance to communicate with the outside world. One major issue is the lack of electricity and therefore lacking of internet connections
Tags: Africa, Africa's, Africa's Potential, Africa's undersea internet cables, African, Aid, business, community, connection, electricity, Emre Gürler, energy, entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, factors, international, internet, Manafwa, potential, solarpanel, Steve Song, success, sustainable, Telecom, Uganda
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Recent posts from our blog…- 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 […]
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- Will you be in Stockholm the 16th of March? February 22, 2011The Swedish-East African Chamber of Commerce (SWEACC) Entrepreneurship Seminar: “Being a Swedish Entrepreneur working in East-Africa!”. In this event SWEACC is co-branding this Entrepreneurship seminar together with the Venture Capital 4 Africa (VC4Africa) community […]
- Top 100 ! January 25, 2012
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