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In 2011, social advertising startup SocialWire was one of the Top20 SME winners at infoDev’s 4th Global Forum. Today, founder and CEO Selcuk Atli sat down with us and talked about his background, the value of enabling environments, and his recent successes—a well publicized launch and a $2-million fundraising round. Go to Source ...
infoDev Program Coordinator Ellen Olafsen and other stakeholders took on the web of obstacles to agribusiness innovators at the plenary session panel of the “Making the Connection: Value Chains for Transforming Smallholder Agriculture” conference in Addis Ababa on November 8. Go to Source Similar Products: Powered by Agricultural Value Chain Finance: Tools and Lessons :: Amazon Agriculture...
A poor enabling environment for entrepreneurs is one of the main obstacles to lift African agriculture, traditionally focused on commodities trading, into a flourishing agribusiness sector. New approaches should lead to a sector which sells its products to local and regional markets and has serious job creation potential. Go to Source Similar Products: Powered by Agribusiness and Innovation Systems...
A new business hub for African climate technology entrepreneurs was launched in Nairobi today to boost locally sourced green technologies in the Africa region. The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (CIC), a cutting-edge facility, will offer financing and other services to a growing network of climate innovators and entrepreneurs. Go to Source ...
