Dr. Nkosana Moyo, Founder and Executive Chairman for the Mandela Institute for Development Studies, likened the development challenge on the African continent to a boxing match: A boxer who entered the ring with one arm tied behind his back would be considered a fool; he can only fight with half his strength. But it is [...]
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Could Your Nonprofit Benefit from Outsourcing Development Staff?
Take a look at the Association for Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP’s) recent poll, which asked charities “which internal factors/challenges are preventing your organization from having the greatest impact on its cause and philanthropy?” The number one response was lack of development staff – in other words, a lack of individuals committed to building and maintaining a [...]
Filling the Middle: Crowdfunding and Invest Africa’s Approach
Today’s featured article is a guest post by Rosedel Davies-Adewebi, Invest Africa As an avid supporter of social entrepreneurship and impact investing, I have closely followed the economic renaissance many African countries have been experiencing over the last 5 years. According to The Economist, “Africa’s economies are consistently growing faster than those of any other region in [...]
Rio+20 – What does it mean for Africa?
Twenty years have gone by since world leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, then a ground-breaking summit on these issues. This week, on June 20-22, around 130 representatives from over 190 countries are meeting again for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20. As [...]
Apply to Goldman Sachs-GIBS 10,000 Women Certificate Programme for Women Entrepreneurs
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) in Johannesburg, South Africa is recruiting the second cohort for The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative. The deadline to apply to this programme is 15 June 2012. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is a five-year initiative to provide a business and management education to underserved female [...]
