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The Middle East North Africa region (MENA) is fertile ground for founders who want to start a business venture, but the environment wasn’t always so welcoming. In this virtual panel, four veteran business leaders from the region discuss the myriad ways in which the entrepreneurial ecosystem has transformed from a terrain that was once parched …

When Affiong Williams founded her snack-food company ReelFruit in Nigeria in 2012, she soon discovered she had to go beyond the typical managing and marketing required to put any new business on the map. Williams realized she had to take on a leadership role across the entire value chain of her products – from the …

At 23 years-old, Ankiti Bose started a digital supply chain company in Southeast Asia that would grow to be valued at USD 1.1 billion, create over 100k jobs, and improve labor practices across the region. National strategies are increasingly banking on young entrepreneurs like Ankiti create more prosperous economic futures. Globally, 600 million jobs need to be created to solve global unemployment needs over the next 15 years. Young entrepreneurs have the early tech exposure and drive to impact society that hold the potential to solve the world’s most pressing issues. However, entrepreneurs like Ankiti are rare. In this article, Sufian explores how the enabling ecosystems of educational, corporate, risk capital, and government stakeholders can unleash the power of youth entrepreneurship to transform economies.

The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) inaugural cohort of the Legatum Foundry Fellows tour Accra innovation ecosystem. Thirteen entrepreneurs from eight countries gathered in Ghana to tour the innovation and entrepreneurship community of Accra. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 4, 2021— This week, the Legatum Center for Development …

The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduces the inaugural cohort of Legatum Foundry Fellows. Meet the 2021 Legatum Foundry Fellows Ehi Binitie, Rancard & Clear Space Labs As one of the continents pioneering tech entrepreneurs, Ehi has scaled multiple tech ventures across the world. Ehi co-founded Rancard, a …

Digital health has the power and potential to unlock health services for any patient with access to a cell phone. With global expansion in mobile phone use and Internet connectivity, digital health—i.e., the application of information and communications technology (ICT) to health services—is playing a growing role in improving the efficiency and efficacy of health systems and …

A machine that turns sewage into fuel. Clothing that tracks your movements during workouts. Software that maps hospitals’ architectural environments. These were the products pitched by the teams graduating from this year’s MIT delta v accelerator during the program’s Demo Day on Friday. Read More at BOSTINNO

Published by Quartz Africa WRITTEN BY Lily Kuo In Nairobi, most things can be ordered from your phone—an Uber, or taxi from one of several other taxi hailing app companies, a boda boda driver to run an errand for you on his bike, and dinner from a restaurant across town or just groceries from down …