Posts by Fanta Traore
Marketing: Tips and Tools for Reaching Your Target Market on Social Media
When getting a business off the ground, spreading the word to your target market is key to business success. After all, how will your target market know to use your services if they don’t know about it? Below we list some tips and tricks to help you reach more of your target market. Use Microsoft…
Read MoreGlobal Speakers Circuit: Thato Kgatlhanye serves as panelist for the Oxford Africa Conference
From May 18 to May 20, 2017 Thato Kgatlhanye had the opportunity to travel to London for the Oxford Africa Conference sponsored by her Anzisha Fellowship. Below, Thato shares her experience: “Now is not the time to think small. You need to move faster, do things better and more boldly. Refuse to do ordinary and…
Read MoreHow 25 year old co-founder of PrepClass secured a third of a million USD
Earlier this May, 25 year old Chukwuwezam Obanor, 2014 Anzisha Fellow and co- founder of PrepClass.ng notified us of his latest selection into the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund. Selection into this program for Chukwuwezam means grant funding of roughly 1/3 of a million dollars, technical assistance for his enterprise and the opportunity to partner…
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 MoreAnzisha Insights from the Prize Tour Trail: Learnings in Tunis
The great benefit of being based at the African Leadership Academy for Anzisha is the wonderful network of young leaders we have access to across 44 countries whom can also help us spread the word about the Anzisha Prize. After all, young people will know where we can find other young people. Navigating Tunisia was…
Read MoreAnzisha Insights From the Prize Tour Trail: Igniting entrepreneurship by example featuring Sudan and Impact Hub
We made a few changes to the Anzisha Prize Tour experience, which have definitely allowed our experience on the ground to be more fruitful. This year, we hosted a business ideation session instead of just an informational session about the Anzisha Prize and sponsored one of our Anzisha Fellows to join us in our travels…
Read MoreAnd across Africa we go for the 2017 Anzisha Prize Tour
Every year, when Anzisha Prize applications open, we hit the road to find Africa’s top youngest entrepreneurs during the Anzisha Prize Tour. The Anzisha Prize Tour helps us to find a diverse pool of applicants, through on the ground partnerships with organizations throughout Africa which also have a similar mission of reducing youth unemployment in…
Read MoreAnzisha Prize to Ecosystem: Fight Bias Against Women in Business to Encourage Female Participation in Entrepreneurship
Meet Ifrah Arab, 20 from Kenya, founder of SuperMom, a last-mile distribution company which employs women and makes sustainable products easily accessible to them in rural communities. Also just as incredible is Vanessa Zommi, 22 from Cameroon, founder of Afya Tea, a venture which seeks to lower the diabetes rate throughout Africa by creating affordable…
Read MoreAnzisha Fellows Rock Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship Youth Category at #ALN2016
For the first ever distribution of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship to youth, three Anzisha Prize Fellows have been nominated by one of Africa’s most prominent leadership communities. Five days ago, Anzisha Fellows: Fabrice Alomo, Chukwuwezam Obanor and Andrew Mupuya packed their bags to head over to the beautiful country of Mauritius to be recognized amongst…
Read MoreInnovative Nigerian tutor aggregater experiences exponential growth
While the Prize has already received well over 500 applicants, only around 5% of these are from entrepreneurs in North Africa – mainly Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Read MoreInnovative Nigerian tutor aggregator experiences exponential growth
While the Prize has already received well over 500 applicants, only around 5% of these are from entrepreneurs in North Africa – mainly Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
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