September 2011 - InnovationAfrica

How Entrepreneurs Find Opportunity

In 2003, Jim Poss was walking down a Boston street when he noticed a trash vehicle in action. The truck was idling at a pickup point, blocking traffic,...

When One Man’s Idea Becomes Everyone’s Idea

In our contribution to Enspace, The Entrepreneurship Magazine at IIT Bombay (India), Yash analyzes the sustainable business models of a number of promising...

Biotech centre in Ghana to spearhead root, tuber research

Samuel Hinneh, Source: SciDev [ACCRA] Ghana’s role in a pan-African agricultural productivity programme will soon take a step forward when it opens...

Who is really getting rich from Somali Piracy?

Why is business model innovation important? How to design (new) business models? What are possible new revenue markets? Board of Innovation organizes an...

Innovating With Services

An article on the Financial Post website notes that in this difficult economic climate, most executives are looking to improve competitiveness and profitability...

Two Questions on the Sustainability of Grameen’s Android App for Farmers

The Grameen Foundation Center launched a comprehensive Android phone-based project for Ugandan farmers recently, that could significantly improve farming...

Modified vaccine shows promise in preventing malaria

Modified vaccine shows promise in preventing malaria Vaccine uses immune-stimulating gene EAST LANSING, Mich. — Continuing a global effort to prevent malaria infections, Michigan State University researchers have created a new malaria vaccine – one that combines the use of a disabled cold virus with an immune system-stimulating gene – that appears to increase the...