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Global Entrepreneurship Index- Sierra Leone 132/137
January 16, 2018 Editor 0
The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) is a composite indicator of the health of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in a given country. The entrepreneurship ecosystem is the important factor here. I have written several pieces in this newspaper advocating for a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem in Sierra Leone. “Entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa […]
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Towards building an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem- Global Entrepreneurship Week and Freetown Pitch Night-The Role and Significance of the Freetown Pitch Night
November 20, 2017 Editor 0
From November 13th to the November 17th the world, including Sierra Leone, will celebrate the Global Entrepreneurship Week. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch start-ups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week of every November, GEW inspires […]
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Lack of an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Sierra Leone
May 31, 2017 Editor 0
The question is why in 2017, we lack all the elements of an ecosystem that support entrepreneurship. An entrepreneurship ecosystem “refers to the elements – individuals, organizations or institutions – outside the individual entrepreneur that are conducive to, or inhibitive of, the choice of a person to become an entrepreneur, or the probabilities of his […]
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Boost for Africa’s smallholder farmers’ access to sustainable agricultural technologies as USAID announces $ 50 million Africa RISING Phase 2
September 26, 2016 Editor 0
Matilda Msangila, a farmer in Mahutanga Village, Kilombero District Tanzania harvests salt tolerant rice variety from her paddy field (Photo credit: Gloriana Ndibalema/IITA) The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Bureau for Food Security in Washington DC has announced funding for a second 5-year phase of the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next […]
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New development of medicines for priority diseases in Africa.
September 19, 2016 Editor 0
Related Articles New development of medicines for priority diseases in Africa. Lancet. 2016 Sep 10;388(10049):1053-4 Authors: Akanmori BD, Mukanga DO, Mihigo R, Ward M, Ahonkhai V, Moeti MR PMID: 27628515 [PubMed – in process] Go to Source
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From start-up to scale-up: What does it take?
September 14, 2016 Editor 0
What do you think of when you hear the term “entrepreneur”? What about “growth entrepreneur”? Do Elon Musk and Tesla come to mind? Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp of Uber? Jack Ma of Alibaba? Forget for a moment the immense scale that these few, highly successful tech giants have achieved. Such cases will always be […]
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