Archive for April 2017
April 2017 Newsletter
This month we highlight further experiences on the Prize Tour, Anzisha Fellow updates and more opportunities for youth entrepreneurs.
Read MoreEntrepreneur Support to help you grow your business
The barriers, first to entry and then to growth, faced by young entrepreneurs especially in Africa are real and great in number. When faced with the many obstacles in their way, such as lack of business knowledge, experience, resources, finances, age bias etc. entrepreneurship support becomes a real need that most youth businesses cannot do…
Read MoreALA programs inspired these trailblazing applicants
We get excited when we see applicants to the Anzisha Program have heard about the Anzisha Prize through: 1) workshops we’ve hosted during the Prize Tour, 2) through our activities associated with the African Leadership Academy or 3) activities/workshops hosted through Anzisha partner organizations. Below are some applicants this year we are proud of because…
Read MoreMali’s emerging sphere of young entrepreneurs encouraging youth engagement in the Malian economy
Working with Anzisha has opened me up to appreciating the world of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship – to me, is synonymous to economic empowerment. When I look at how our young Anzisha finalists have had the audacity to go out there and start a venture of their own which also employs their peers, I am inspired. I…
Read MorePolicies with a Purpose: Government policies that support entrepreneurship in Africa
Being an entrepreneur is pretty tough. The challenges that you face are either internal, external and in some cases, they are forces that you have no influence over and cannot control. When you start your entrepreneurial journey, you have to believe in yourself and find the motivation to go off on your own. Then, sometimes,…
Read MoreAnzisha Insights from the Prize Tour Trail – The Entrepreneurial Botswana
Botswana is a land-locked country in Southern Africa with a population of about 2 million people, a sustained economic growth rate averaging 5% in the last decade and the 2nd strongest currency in Southern Africa, after Zambia. A country sustained by mining and agriculture, which according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) 2016 report, also…
Read MoreAnzisha Applications Insights: Who Applied for Anzisha Prize 2017?
This year the Anzisha Prize received a record number of applications from across the content. Applications increased from 550 in 2016 to 831 this year. The infogrphic below tells us more about the type of entrepreneurs that are applying for the Anzisha Prize. Check out some of the data, such as the number of applications…
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