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The Race of Hope

17 Feb 2012

It’s the eve of the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope. Both athletes and tourists are pouring into Buea to experience Africa’s most grueling footrace; a 24 mile sprint up a live volcano and down again. Conquering the mountain means braving cruel conditions: 50 degree temperature fluctuations, altitude sickness and a harsh path of volcanic stones. [...]

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Tags: #subCMR, entrepreneurship, RaceOfHope, startups, workshop

Am I Doing Something?

In: Community|Douala|Events|Projects|Startups

11 Feb 2012

It’s February 11th, National Youth Day in Cameroon and a future generation of leaders are parading the streets in representation of their presence and aspirations. A great leader once said: “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”. John F. Kennedy’s statement inspired us to join [...]

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Tags: #subCMR, cocreation, entrepreneurship, leadership, startups, workshop

Activ Insights: Introducing Invested Development

In: Buea|Community|Events|Meetups

27 Nov 2011

Following last month’s investor live chat with Dariu Trueb of Ringier Africa & Kitendo Capital, we’re pleased to welcome Christina Tamer and Sean Smith of Invested Development, a Boston-based, impact-focused, seed-stage investment firm with its sights set on African innovators. Invested Development targets emerging markets with risk capital investments in the most innovative alternative energy [...]

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Tags: alternative energy, finance, impact investments, innovation, investment, mobile, seed capital, ventures

Meet Niels Jansen & the Digital Storytelling Workshop

In: Buea|Community|Conferences|Events|Fellows

2 Nov 2011

ActivSpaces and 1% Club have always enjoyed warm relations, both organizations believing in the power of sharing knowledge and resources for the greater social good. At ActivSpaces we pride ourselves in taking constant action but we were pleasantly surprised when barely a month after the enormously successful 1% Co-Creation Event, we received word that a [...]

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Tags: 1%Club, ICT4D, learning, media, outreach, tools, workshop

Running With The Cheetahs

In: Buea|Community|Events

5 Oct 2011

Contributing just one percent of your time, knowledge and resources to another’s project can make all the difference. ActivSpaces had the opportunity to experience this first-hand (for the second time) on Saturday, September 30th, when we participated in the 1% Club’s global co-creation event. 8 labs from 8 cities worldwide connected to undertake a one-day [...]