Tag Archives: Entrepreneurship

How AI is opening doors and making entrepreneurship accessible for all (Forbes)

AI Is Opening More Doors Than It’s Closing The dialogue surrounding AI is endless as we all try to grapple with the implications of this rapidly evolving, only-seen-in-movies (until now) technology. While concerns about its potential risks and ethical considerations are valid, I take an optimistic stance and believe that AI, when utilized correctly, ethically […]
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Sky’s the limit for Africa’s female entrepreneurs (AB)

Women entrepreneurs dominate Africa’s SME sector, despite a gender pay gap and the lack of access to finance that women face. However, ongoing initiatives are changing the scenario and empowering women to even greater heights. Wide-reaching economic research conclusively reveals the high return on investing in opportunities for women in Africa.  The UN for example […]
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3 Ways ambitious entrepreneurs are using AI (Forbes)

If you’re not incorporating artificial intelligence into your work in some way, you’re behind the curve. Even the most suspicious and non-technical entrepreneurs could save time and money making use of the tools available, let alone those thinking bigger with AI and creating their own. I asked entrepreneurs across all industries about how they were […]
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New GIBS article: Expanding understanding of family social capital in crowdfunding of migrant entrepreneurial ventures by Adele Berndt and Nadia Arshad

Entrepreneurship, including migrant entrepreneurship, is critical for economic development in society (Kloosterman and Rath, 2002). This is due to entrepreneurial activity, such as the provision of goods and services and the employment offered by these ventures. One category of entrepreneurs that can be identified are migrant entrepreneurs who are described as individuals who have moved to […]
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Small businesses urged to go solar (IT-Online)

If anything, the 2023 Budget Speech revealed it was that devising a targeted plan to solve South Africa’s ongoing energy crisis remains the government’s top priority. The immediate future will see a concerted and collective focus on bringing together the public and private sectors in a bid to fuel the clean-energy transition and end loadshedding. […]
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Serving rising entrepreneurs and companies with private equity (Forbes)

Private equity (PE) may be the best option for most businesses today as banks become more regulated and scrutinized. PE checks almost every box in the entrepreneurs’ list; low-interest rates, diversification and risk mitigation, and a friendly political climate. In addition, private equity adds working capital to businesses and allows more freedom of growth, a […]
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Prioritise top entrepreneurs to boost SMEs in West Africa(Ventureburn)

The entrepreneurial ecosystem in West Africa is robust and innovative. This is according to high-profile delegates attending this region’s conference aimed at accelerating small and growing business growth on the continent this week. Hosted in Accra, Ghana by the United States-based Aspen Institute of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and Impact Investing Ghana, the conference attracted leading investors, entrepreneurs […]
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New GIBS article: Social entrepreneurs’ learning experience in South African incubators by Aleia Bucci and Jonathan Marks

Africa’s strong entrepreneurial spirit and desire for social change has led to growth in social entrepreneurship and incubation throughout the continent. However, there is a limited understanding of how entrepreneurial learning occurs during incubation. This study explored social entrepreneurs’ learning experience in South African incubators. A phenomenological methodology provided a deeper understanding of their lived […]
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Huawei South Africa to invest $5.8-million in SMEs as part of new cloud plans (ITNA)

Huawei South Africa has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well as its $5.8-million (R100-million) Cloud Spark programme, which is set to provide support to more than 1000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the next three years. Both of these announcements […]
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MTN avails R1m to empower women-led SMMEs in SA (VB)

Ten women-owned small, medium and micro enterprises will benefit from a R1 million investment investment from the MTN SA Foundation. This, says the mobile giant, will enable innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation for women in the digital economy. The inaugural 2022 MTN Women in Digital Business Challenge is specifically for less-established women-owned SMMEs who can […]
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