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Why I Left KPMG to Become a Fashion Entrepreneur – Tope Williams-Adewumi
VENTURES AFRICA – In a daring and quite risky move that typifies the entrepreneur, Tope Williams-Adewunmi resigned from a promising career in KPMG to spend three long years in fashion school, and the...
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VENTURES AFRICA – Operating within a country determined to create an enabling environment for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), MTN Nigeria and indigenous insurance provider Mansard have...
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VENTURES AFRICA – Entrepreneurship is great; it gives you the freedom to create something you truly care about instead of working sheepishly for a company you care nothing for, it gives you the ability...
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VENTURES AFRICA – Starting a business just like other events in a person’s life must be well planned and timed and a number of factors must be taken into consideration before launching out the new...
View ArticleTony Elumelu prepares to unveil Africa’s newest 1000 entrepreneurs
VENTURES AFRICA – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has revealed plans to unveil the inaugural 1,000 finalists from those who have registered interest in the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme...
View ArticleNigerian SME’s need more than finance
VENTURES AFRICA – This week Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan launched the country’s first Development Bank. Despite having a number of infrastructural projects in the pipeline and very little...
View ArticleFive elements a promising startup must portray to attract investments
VENTURES AFRICA – If there would be just one moment in time when the world was filled with vibrant, energetic and forward-thinking youths who are crazy about setting up businesses, it would be today....
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The furniture company producing for Nigeria’s elite
VENTURES AFRICA – With the importation ban on furniture over a decade ago, Nigeria’s assorted-taste market has gradually turned to local manufacturers, which has led to a burgeoning of the industry....
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Why a 15 year old decided to build bikes from bamboo in Ghana
VENTURES AFRICA – At an African Leadership Academy event in Johannesburg last year, I asked a young Ghanaian entrepreneur, Winifred Selby, what motivated her to co-start the Ghana Bamboo Bikes...
View ArticleWhy the future of African business is social
VENTURES AFRICA – “Mobile is the future of Africa,” explained Briant Biggs, Roc Nation’s Head of Digital. This past February, Biggs and many other international digital brands came to Lagos for Social...
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