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Green Economy Eco-Business Innovation Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:06:00 +0000

The Green Economy Eco-Business Innovations Challenge (GEEBIZ) is a global business innovations challenge for young people to express their vision and entrepreneurship skills and apply them to the building of a green economy. The ultimate goal is to ENCOURAGE young people (up to age 30) to put forward innovative business ideas that can form the building blocks of a new, clean green economy based on renewable energy, resource efficiency, social equity, and the restoration as well as the conservation of the earth's eco- systems

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Global Health & Innovation Conference 2012 at Yale

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Date: Saturday, April 21 - Sunday, April 22, 2012
Venue: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Register during January to secure the lowest registration rate.

The conference's confirmed speakers include:

Keynote Addresses

• Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer, Acumen Fund
• Seth Goldman, President and TeaEO of Honest Tea
• Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
• Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:33:00 +0000

The Group of 20 has launched the G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation, which seeks to recognize businesses with innovative, scalable or replicable, and commercially viable ways of working with low-income people in developing countries.

Businesses around the world are finding innovative ways to work with low-income people living at the base of the pyramid (BOP), working with them as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or consumers. These firms are called inclusive businesses.

Developing an inclusive business model that addresses the particular needs of people living at the base of the pyramid is an accomplishment. Scaling or replicating that model to expand into new markets is a challenge.

Changemakers Activating Empathy Competition

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:57:00 +0000

Empathy is a critical skill in a world defined by rapid change—one that is foundational to the social, teamwork and leadership skills required to contribute successfully to society. As the pace of change accelerates, the level of empathy required to collaborate in the workplace, or on other types of teams that bring change to the world, is higher than ever before.

If you aren’t proficient in empathy, you’re severely limiting your opportunities to contribute to society, and are at risk of being left behind. If we are to create a world where everyone can be a player, provide input, and create value, we must grasp, practice, and develop empathy.

Empathy is more than just awareness and concern. It is about cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution. It’s about the ability to communicate effectively and understand the motivations of others. Empathy is about standing up, not standing by, uncovering what’s below the surface through active listening and putting words into action.

This is why Ashoka is launching a global initiative to ensure that children master empathy, enabling them to be effective citizens, leaders and trailblazers. By launching an online collaborative competition, Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters, Ashoka are challenging teachers, principals, parents, students, and other innovators to share ideas—whether by a project, a program, or a new learning experience—for advancing empathy in education. Enter the competition today to share your passion for creating a world guided by empathy and collaboration, one led by empowered young people who succeed in the classroom and in every walk of life.

Who Should Enter

If you are a teacher, principal, parent, student, or other innovator with a project, a program, or a new learning experience that can advance empathy in education, we are looking for you.

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Skoll Foundation, Curator, Digital Platform

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:02:00 +0000

Location: Palo Alto
Application Deadline: January 31st 2012

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Knowledge and Networks, the Curator, Digital Platform has a hands-on, leadership role in developing the content and community platform for the Foundation. This role requires a strong doer with an ability to leverage the power of content, community and digital to accelerate progress in the social arena.

Win a trip to the M4D Conference in New Delhi, India!

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Share your idea for a Future application for Development and win a trip to the 3rd International Conference on Mobile Communication on Development in New Delhi 28-29 February 2012!

The future Apps4D challenge focus on the development of mobile phone applications that in one way or another address the immense challenges our globe is facing concerning climate change, democracy, health, poverty reduction and increased livelihood in emerging growth economies.

The rise of mobile communication has been remarkable. By November 2010, over 5.3 billion had access to mobile telephony reaching up to 90 per cent of the world population. The proliferation of mobile telephony in the emerging growth economies open up a range of possibilities and new avenues for using the mobile telephone as a communication platform for change.

2013 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +0000

The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to select a few organisations who are solving the world's most pressing problems. The Skoll Award includes a core support grant to the organisation to be paid over three years, and a non-cash award to the social entrepreneur presented at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship each spring.

The application process for the 2013 Skoll Awards is open upto March 1st 2012.

Learn more by visiting http://www.yipekenya.org/Skoll.html

MFA in Design for Social Innovation – Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

Design for Social Innovation at School of Visual Arts in New York is looking for a diverse cohort of 25 students for its new two year program. You can be a designer, or anyone who is a creative, visual thinker looking for deep experience and immersion and a path to a career as a leader in this exciting new field.

Applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experience and interests are encouraged to apply, including fine arts; graphic, new media and product design; technology; business; science; engineering; social science and economics.

Learn more by visiting http://www.yipekenya.org/MFA.html

Pivot East, Developer Competition and Conference 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +0000

This event will be held on the 5th and 6th of June 2012 in Nairobi and entries will be accepted from companies located in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and South Sudan.

The pitching conference will have a rich audience of investors, development partners, telecoms operators and other industry players from East Africa and across the globe.

Pivot 25, a first of its kind mobile apps developer competition and conference helped string the success that Pivot East is building on, with over 100 entries from across East Africa in 5 categories which were Payments and commerce; Entertainment, gaming and utilities; Business and the enterprise; Government, education and agriculture; and Health.

The region takes on to the world with leading innovations like M-pesa and hence is well placed to bring out other world changing mobile innovation. The effort is clear with the launch of m:lab East Africa which is a facility for mobile entrepreneurship training, incubation and applications testing in Nairobi. Other tech hubs and incubation centers have also been established recently in East Africa as part of a growing ecosystem to develop and nurture innovation alongside entrepreneurship.

Astia Global Entrepreneur Program - Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:36:00 +0000

The Astia Community is an unparalleled resource for success - a transformative program designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs who want to become dominant players in their sectors.

Who Should Apply?

Exceptional women-led high growth start-ups who know that success is not just about raising money but about growing a business and thriving in today's tough market.
Applications are taken on a rolling basis.

Apply today if you have...

• An innovative idea in either the Technology, Life Sciences or Clean Tech sectors
• A high-growth investment opportunity
• An exceptional team and business strategy
• A significant market opportunity
• A defendable competitive advantage
• At least one woman in a leadership role (at C level) or in significant position of equity and influence

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Dell Social Innovation Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:13:00 +0000

What if every student who believed they could change the world actually had the tools to do it?

That’s what the Dell Social Innovation Challenge is all about. Since 2007, more than 15,000 students from 90 countries have proposed more than 3,000 ideas for tackling social and environmental problems. Participants are given the mentoring, tools and cash prizes needed to take their projects to the next level. Over the years more than $350,000 has been awarded to teams from around the world who’ve had the courage, vision and passion to turn their “What Ifs” into action.

Any undergrad or graduate student in any field of study, from any country, can enter the challenge. This isn’t your traditional business plan competition – you can enter a project at any stage, whether you’ve just thought of an idea or are already running an organization. It doesn’t matter if your idea is nonprofit or for-profit.

3rd Wave of m:lab Training - Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:07:00 +0000

A core focus of m:lab’s operations is on training in mobile application development with an intent to catalyze operations of a mobile economy.

The m:lab has successfully undertaken 2 cycles of training and have opened up applications for the 3rd wave of training which will begin in January 2012.

Costs / Tuition Fee Structure:

• infoDev Subsidy over KSh.90,000,
• Non-refundable Commitment fee KSh. 5,000
• Refundable deposit KSh. 5,000 (based on attendance history)
• Total Cost Over Ksh. 100,000 (including infoDev Subsidy)

Call for Curation Proposals

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:29:00 +0000

The Open Society Foundations’ Youth Initiative requests proposals for up to $10,000 in funding to develop and curate thematic pages on the new global youth portal and community at youthpolicy.org

The site aims to consolidate knowledge and information on youth policies across the international sector, ranging from analysis and formulation to implementation and evaluation.

Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, Social Change, Civil Society, State and Markets in the New Paradigm - Call For Papers

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:32:00 +0000

International Conference
Europe 16th – 17th July 2012

Around the globe, we are all searching for ways to empower citizens and communities, build new forms of enterprise and association, and develop new models of public governance.

Papers and presentations are invited which examine these issues, either on a global or regional basis, or with a single country focus. Presentations may be papers, addresses, workshops, interactive forums, or displays.

Expressions of interest in making a presentation should be forwarded, in no more than 300 words by 31st March 2012.

Youth and ICTs: Call for articles

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:12:00 +0000

ICT Update magazine is looking for articles for its forthcoming issue of March-April on Youth and ICTs.

Anyone working on agricultural or rural development projects involving young people in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, where ICTs (mobile phones, computers, GIS, email, internet, radio, TV, etc) are used to improve employment opportunities or to encourage an interest in traditional agricultural practices is encouraged to submit an article.

The Stephen Lewis Foundation - Call For Proposals 2011/2012

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:06:00 +0000

The philosophy of the Stephen Lewis Foundation is firmly rooted in the notion that if anyone is going to turn the tide of AIDS in Africa at the community level, they will be found in the communities themselves. The Foundation has worked to create a funding model that is responsive and flexible, and reflects the needs and priorities on the ground. To do this requires flexibility, openness and constant learning.
Initial grants are often small – ranging from $10,000 to $35,000.

Stephen Lewis Fund for Local Cooperation

The Fund for Local Cooperation is a fund managed by the Foundation in East Africa. The fund supports initiatives of local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Community-based Organizations (CBOs), and other institutions in Kenya and other East Africa States.

Objectives of the Fund

The objective of the fund is to complement other development efforts in the field of human rights, democracy and good governance, and strengthen the civil society in particular. In addition the fund provides support to cultural and social development activities at small-scale. The approach is to establish long-term partnerships with a limited number of organizations instead of supporting one-time activities, workshops, seminars, etc.

Read more by visiting http://www.yipekenya.org/Stephen.htm

Echoing Green Fellowship - Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Echoing Green have announced the dates of the 2012 Fellowship Application. The online application will be open from December 5th 2011 through January 9th 2012.

Through the two-year Echoing Green Fellowship program, start-up capital and technical assistance is provided to help new leaders launch their organizations and build capacity.

On offer:

A stipend of $60,000 for individuals ($90,000 for 2-person partnerships) paid in four equal instalments over two years
A health insurance stipend
A yearly professional development stipend
Conferences led by organizational development experts
Access to technical support and pro bono partnerships to help grow your organization
A community of like-minded social entrepreneurs and public service leaders, including the Echoing Green network of nearly 500 alumni working all over the world

Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™) program – Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:59:00 +0000

The Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society has opened the application process for the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™) program which gives an opportunity to socially-minded entrepreneurs to build sustainable, scalable organizations that solve problems for people living in poverty around the world.

The Program works with organizations that create value by lifting people out of poverty, utilizing self-sustaining community practices, and developing low-cost solutions. The GSBI is a combination of online, experiential, and skill-building offerings in a ten-month program. It also collaborates with a diverse group of partners including successful Silicon Valley executives, academic leaders, and the network of Jesuit universities.

Read more http://www.yipekenya.org/GSBI.htm

Why Your Company Should Be Taking Social Media Steroids!

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:13:00 +0000

By Jessica Schow

Millions of people sign in to social media websites every single day. And, as many people use Facebook, Twitter as well as other platforms, we find new purposes for using them. Currently, these media channels are not only utilized to share pictures, but to also tell a particular moment in your life. Social websites can also bring success to your new venture. Social networking has been utilized by people to be connected and this “connection” continues to be exploited by organizations to be successful.

Big and secure corporations are beginning to take note of the benefits that social media brings but it is more interesting to notice that this medium (social media) can give you even more for a startup company. The very nature to be smaller gives startup corporations the ability to focus clear without having to break down an objective into simpler plus more direct objectives. A larger business might have more channels but as time passes by, these channels suffer from insufficient updates and eventually become empty.

To completely increase the benefits brought by social media for your expanding company, it would be helpful to consider a few things.

Read more http://www.yipekenya.org/Schow.htm

Genesis Consult Entrepreneurship Training for Kenya & Tanzania

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:31:00 +0000

Do you want to develop your Business Idea?

Or, are you interested in developing your Business Plan for your Idea?

As a Partner Organization to International Labor Organization (ILO), Genesis Consult embarks on training potential and existing entrepreneurs for Generate Your Business Idea (GYBI) and Start Your Business (SYB) Programme, which will assist to harness your entrepreneurial spirit by implementing your Business Model.

Generate Your Business Idea (GYBI) targets potential and existing entrepreneurs’ who have various business ideas that they want to develop and implement. The programme uses a ILO methodology to scan idea competitiveness and potential.

Genesis Consult Entrepreneurship Training for Kenya & Tanzania

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:30:00 +0000

2012 Thiel Fellowships for Youth Innovators – Call for Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:40:00 +0000

The future will not take care of itself. Global prosperity is not inevitable. The world will only get better if visionary people are creative and relentless about solving hard problems.

The 2011 class of Thiel Fellows includes 24 people who are tackling breakthroughs in hardware and robotics, making energy plentiful, making markets more effective, challenging the notion that there is only one way to get an education, and extending the human lifespan. Several of them have already launched companies, secured financing, and won prestigious awards. As they're demonstrating, you don't need college to invent the future.

If you're under twenty and love science or technology, consider joining the 2012 class of fellows.

The Dubai International Award for Best Practices – Call for Nominations

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:43:00 +0000

Nominations are currently being invited for 2012 Dubai International Award for Best Practices.

The Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP) was started during the United Nations International Conference that was held in Dubai in 1995. Late Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum played an important role in establishing this award, which reflects the commitment of the Dubai Government and the United Arab Emirates towards sustainable development of human settlements through mutual international cooperation.

This award aims to recognize the best practices with positive impact on improving the living environment. The governments of Dubai and UAE administer the award jointly with UN-HABITAT.

Strengthening Youth Entrepreneurship Support in Tanzania and Uganda - Request For Proposals

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:06:00 +0000

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is for a feasibility study to design appropriate youth entrepreneurship support interventions for the PPA Consortium in Tanzania and Uganda.

The study will involve:

• Analysis of Consortium partner approaches and future plans for target countries
• Analysis of youth entrepreneurship sector and key players in target countries
• Design of joint or mutually reinforcing interventions for the Consortium

The feasibility study will enable Consortium partners to determine suitable allocation of resources towards youth entrepreneurship interventions in Tanzania and/or Uganda in year two of the PPA. The project will be delivered by an external organisation or individual over 8 weeks starting January and concluding end March 2012.

The deadline for applications is: 9am Monday 5th December 2011.

Second African Diaspora Marketplace Grants

noreply@blogger.com (Yipe) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:07:00 +0000

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) is currently inviting applications for the Second African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) grants. The second ADM has been launched as an initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Western Union Company.

The main aim of ADM is to encourage sustainable economic growth and employment by offering support to U.S.-based African Diaspora entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for start-up and established businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is expected that ADM will award 15-30 winning businesses with matching partnership grants approximately $50,000. The exact number of businesses supported will be determined by the availability of total funds. In addition, the ADM will facilitate access to technical assistance, capacity building and information on a range of follow-on financing options for all finalists. These opportunities will be afforded through linkages with existing USAID and other United States Government (USG) programs in Africa as well as ADM partnerships with the private and public sector.

Find out more by visiting http://www.yipekenya.org/Diaspora.htm