The African Entrepreneurship Programme (AEP) is a new initiative of the Global African Investment Summit. The AEP will support African entrepreneurs and young African businesses seeking expansion capital to realize their investment objectives by giving them the opportunity to present and connect with financial stakeholders. The AEP is supported by His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, …
Access to capital remains a key complaint by most entrepreneurs across the continent of Africa, especially women entrepreneurs. Luckily, one bank is doing something about it. Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) recently announced the launch of 1 billion Naira (an estimated $5m million) fund for Nigeria’s exploding fashion industry. Speaking through it bank representative, Rasheed …
Vinod Khosla, founder of Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures shares important lessons on entrepreneurship in his appearance at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. “I prefer brutal honesty to political politeness.” Highlights 1. Have a belief system, have an internal compass of what you believe in. 2. Failure does not matter, it’s success that matters. 3. …
Tahani Aburaneh, respected and successful realtor, shares how she was sold for $2 Dollars into marriage to becoming a multimillionaire entrepreneur. She also discusses taking responsibility for your life and your life’s decisions. Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through …
Author Seth Godin shares his views on taking risks, challenging the status quo and starting a business with Bryan Elliott for ‘Behind the Brand.’ Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west through contemporary African fashion and celebrating the brilliant woman in …
President Obama delivers remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya on July 25, 2015. President Obama elevated entrepreneurship to the forefront of the United States’ engagement agenda during a historic speech in Cairo in 2009. Since 2010, when the U.S. hosted the first Summit in Washington, D.C., GES has expanded to a global event, …
