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Mapping the youth development ecosystem in South Africa

The limited voice of young entrepreneurs in South Africa is a key theme that has emerged from...

Prioritizing mass youth employment in South Africa

Recently, Deputy President Paul Mashatile delivered a keynote address at the South African Youth Economic Council (SAYEC)...

Anzisha Prize unveils four $10,000 grand prize winners

Tsanta Rakotoarimanga, Madagascar, founder of Mapwess awarded Revenue Growth Prize Rebecca Taboukouna, Togo, founder of RBK Pearls awarded...

Report: The state of entrepreneurship in Egypt

The African Development Bank’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs have...

ANDE is strengthening township economies via entrepreneurial ecosystems in South Africa

The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), with support from the Walmart Foundation, have launched a series...

YEPI encourages Kenyan youth to embrace entrepreneurship to tackle unemployment

Amani Katana the Executive Director at the Youth Empowerment Program Initiative (YEPI) in Kenya urges young men...

Are entrepreneurship education policies in South Africa effective?

While there are numerous organisations across the continent working to equip young people with entrepreneurial skills, they...

Cameroon promotes entrepreneurship in its higher education system

View of government buildings in Yaoundé, Cameroon - Photo Flore de Preneuf - World Bank

How supporting Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs has built my resilience

Nhlawulo Shikwambane, former Anzisha Prize Coordinater, shares lessons she has learned from her time championing Africa's...

New Report suggests the creation of 1M job opportunities by 2030 on the horizon for unemployed African youth

Anzisha Prize, mastercard foundation and African Leadership Academy have released a Report highlighting key lessons learned to...

What it takes to be a young female entrepreneur in Africa

by Melissa Mbazo-Ekpenyong, Deputy Director of the Anzisha Prize programme; and Belinda Munemo is the Founder &...

Pandemic defines a new direction for pitch competitions in Africa

By Dolapo Adeyanju “Virtual means borderless and this gives us a golden opportunity to unite the world...

The future of work and the pivotal role of youth entrepreneurship in Africa

By Melissa Mbazo - Ekpenyong The “Future of Work” refers to changes occurring within current socio-economic; workplace and...

How young African female entrepreneurs are defying the odds

By Lionel Tarumbwa Businesses started by very young women are likely to start from a lower base than...

Nigerian start-up and Anzisha Fellow develops app to track Covid-19 cases in Nigeria

By: Dolapo Adeyanju During these challenging times, where there is generally a lot of misinformation and information asymmetry around...

Re-purposing travel and event funding toward COVID-19 relief

By: Josh Adler I want to be clear — this is not a debate on whether conferencing, travel...

New research points toward an investment in VERY YOUNG entrepreneurs to unlock peer-to-peer driven employment growth.

25 May 2020 – Investments in supporting successful transitions from school and university directly to entrepreneurship could...

Anzisha Prize tackles COVID-19

By: Sisanda Ntshinga The coronavirus has brought with it a lot of uncertainty and has left us all...

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