You can also help entrepreneurs directly with funding and with your expertise. Sustainable Technology for Africa and the OVO Acceleration Fund are the the levers.
Would you like to cooperate with OVO to stimulate entrepreneurship in countries where it isn’t that much in evidence? You can do so as a volunteer, as a business and as an ambassador.
More than ever, 'partnership' is the key word when it comes to sustainable entrepreneurship in Africa. That was the message for the more than 250 participants in the sixth annual conference of Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs
RENA Beverages wins the first prize of the 'Sustainable Technology for Africa' event in Kampala. Clinic Masters and Tukole UG came second and third respectively.
While poverty has declined drastically in a lot of other Asian countries, the Philippines has been left behind in that respect. In fact, no less than 22.6% of the population of the Philippines still live in extreme poverty. Milk could be part of the solution. And that is why Inex is helping Filipino dairy farmers via Trias.
He must have been eleven, at most twelve years old, when he started his first company. Or rather, a small business at school in renting video games and selling tasty treats not available in the school canteen. Douglas Baguma from Uganda clearly has entrepreneurship in his blood. Today, he runs Innovex, an innovative company experiencing rapid growth with the support of OVO.
The start-up BAG Innovation has been the winner of the first 'Sustainable Technology for Africa' event in the Rwandan capital Kigali. Eleven projects and entrepreneurs participated in this second international edition of Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs (OVO).
The Ugandan company Akaboxi can continue its project thanks to the support of OVO. Akaboxi has developed a handy digital system that tracks the individual savings of local farmers and organisations. Financing has been secured thanks to the contribution of Close The Gap and the OVO Acceleration Fund.
The call for projects for the first Sustainable Technology for Africa event in the Rwandan capital Kigali is a huge success. More than 100 projects have been submitted. Not an easy task to select the 10 best entries.
Thierry Deflandre, head of the OVO Investment team, will give a presentation on how OVO screens, coaches and co-finances local African entrepreneurs during the four-day course 'Doctoral School Plunge into your own business' of the University of Ghent.