Business and Economy Archives - InnovationAfrica

Lessons in Entrepreneurship and Wealth Building from the Developing World

Animal feed in Zambia. Cookies in South Africa. Medical records systems in Botswana. Peanut processing in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. In regions scarred by intractable poverty, innovative programs to build new sources of wealth through these four businesses are providing lessons for entrepreneurs hoping to create new markets and economic opportunity. In a new...

Money for African health R&D fund slow to arrive

Just four African countries have agreed to financially support a new health innovation initiative, and the money is yet to materialise. Go to Source ...

South Africa and Kenya to host Finland/Nokia African Regional Mobile Application Labs

Image via Wikipedia infoDev is proud to announce the successful bidders to host the African Regional Mobile Application Laboratories as part of the Government of Finland and Nokia program, Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy. ...

The Virtual Market Place

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has built a Virtual Market Place (VMP), a web-based portal where research institutions showcase technologies they have available that are ready for uptake by the private sector. Companies can access information about profitable technologies available for African agriculture. VMP contributors include: Kenya Agricultural Research...

Closing the R&D gap in African health care

A system governed by Africans in Africa is needed to provide a sustainable funding mechanism that would encourage African scientists to collaborate on common health concerns, share expertise, and build capacity. Go to Source ...

Prerequisite to Prosperity: Why Africa's Future Depends on Better Governance

Mohamed (Mo) Ibrahim Dr. Mohamed (Mo) Ibrahim is the founder of Celtel and, previously, of Mobile Systems International (MSI). Dr. Ibrahim was awarded the Chairman’s Award for Lifetime Achievement from the GSM Association in 2007 and the Economist‘s Innovation Award 2007 for Social and Economic Innovation. The Full Article ...

How to tap into employee ideas? Try innovation communities

Wall Street Journal Online (August 23, 2010) – Companies that have successfully made innovation part of their regular continuing strategy did so by harnessing the creative energies and the insights of their employees across functions and ranks. That’s easy to say. But how, exactly, did they do it? One powerful answer, WSJ found, is in what they like to call...