Archive for May 2018
Young African Entrepreneurs and the Next 6000 Days.
Africa will need to massively and rapidly scale up its investment in entrepreneurial youth if it is to have a chance to seize the demographic opportunity – time is running out. The demographic window is closing in just 6000 days for a number of African countries. by Sihle Magubane, Editor, The Anzisha Effect Job…
Read More5 Critical Lessons for Supporting Youth Entrepreneurs and Leaders Through Movements
The Graca Machel Trust hosted a gathering of youth support organizations from across Africa exploring how to build impactful support structures for youth. In our view, parents, educators and passionate policy makers must create similar movements for very young entrepreneurs. As an educator who is trying to build a program or a parent who is…
Read MoreFinding a space between poverty alleviation and high growth– a model for youth enterprise development in South Africa
by Jocelyn Smith Adapted from dissertation submitted to School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand in fulfillment of MM-Dissertation, March 2018. Introduction Interventions promoting youth entrepreneurship in South Africa assume that there is a central role for entrepreneurship in confronting a range of development challenges. Principal among such assumptions is the belief that entrepreneurship offers…
Read MoreThe Informal Economy & Very Young Entrepreneurs
The Editor, Sihle Magubane, Interviewed Bayabulela Jolobe, a South African Enterprise development practitioner to explore the informal economy and the involvement of young people in it. He gives tips to parents and educators of very young entrepreneurs on how to best support them. Sihle Magubane (SM) : What is the informal economy and what…
Read MoreYouth Towards Growth Sectors: Where opportunities for youth lie across Africa
What sectors of business create the most opportunities for youth to engage in? This is an important but tricky question to explore as an individual who may want to better support entrepreneurial aspirants or active entrepreneurs in Africa. Although there are challenges and some barriers to entry, this 2016 Anzisha Prize report begins to highlight…
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