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Written by Chris Daily
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01 September 2012
You’re Not Alone: Top Resources and Programmes to Build your Business | Entrepreneur
From short courses to get your business started to more intensive programmes that will beef up your knowledge in specific areas of your business, Entrepreneur explores the numerous resources available to assist start-ups and SMEs. Forget about a lack of governmental support. Forget about the red tape that SME owners and start-ups face. Instead, find the people, businesses and organisations that are designed to assist you. Entrepreneur has spoken to a number of different programmes to give you an idea of what’s available for start-ups and existing businesses.
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Written by Chris Daily
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23 August 2012
How To Prepare For The 4th Era of Innovation | Co.Design
Imagine you are a mother in rural India, caring for your three children and keeping busy with chores. The water source is unclean, but you’re too busy to prioritize boiling water for cooking and bathing. Such was the case for Nagammal in the village of Vadugapatti. Today, Nagammal still doesn’t boil water, yet she’s able to provide clean water to her kids. The innovation that delivers water to Nagammal and more than 35 million people in emerging markets didn’t come from the government, an NGO or a venture capitalist-backed startup.
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Written by Chris Daily
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21 August 2012
SA Women Starting Businesses On The Increase | CapeBusinessNews
Women are increasingly holding senior positions in their professions or running their own business. According to the 2010 Women-Owned Businesses in the 21st Century report the number of women-owned businesses in the United States grew by 44% between 1997 and 2007, twice as fast as male-owned firms. Also highlighting female involvement in businesses is the 2010 South Africa GEM report, which noted the gender difference in the established business rate in South Africa is 53% male and 47% female.
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Written by Chris Daily
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22 August 2012
Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent | TheGuardian
A mobile phone database for dairy farmers and a strain of sweet potato that can help fight child blindness. These are just two of the imaginative new ideas that are tackling Africa's old problems.
1 HIPPO WATER ROLLER
Idea: The Hippo water roller is a drum that can be rolled on the ground, making it easier for those without access to taps to haul larger amounts of water faster.
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Written by Chris Daily
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20 August 2012
Newly launched YTIF opens doors for young innovators | Polity
In its aims to stimulate technology innovation and entrepreneurial capacity among young South Africans, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) launched its Youth Technology Innovation Fund (YTIF) on Thursday. Targeted at people between the ages of 18 and 30, who are not already funded by the normal TIA process, the fund further aims to provide an enabling environment for young people to tap into cutting edge innovations and technologies, in order to find solutions to South African challenges, while boosting the economy.
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