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14 Nov 2011

The majority of Cameroonians are entrepreneurs at heart; they love to set up businesses of their own, no matter how small. Apprenticeship leading towards sole proprietorship is the main aspiration for even the uneducated kid on the street. 9-5 employees are also looking to save up enough to get into real estate investments or a [...]

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Tags: entrepreneurship, incubator, leadership, learning, startups, tools, workshop

Digital Storytelling Workshop in Kameroen!

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3 Nov 2011

Welcome to the Digital Storytelling Workshop delivered by Niels Jansen from the 1% Club in the Netherlands and hosted today at ActivSpaces Buea in Cameroon. We’re going to be using Cover It Live to give you real-time updates during the next two days. Stay tuned and follow Niels as he explains the power behind social [...]

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Tags: entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, learning, media, outreach, workshop

Book of the Month: Getting Real by 37 Signals

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28 Oct 2011

Getting Real The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application. And that is “Getting Real“. Discover 37 Signals’ unconventional but brilliant approach to conception, construction and realization of great webware. Who is 37 Signals? The privately-held Chicago-based company committed to building the best web-based software products. 321 of the Fortune 500 use [...]

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Live Event: Activ Insights with Ringier & Kitendo Capital

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25 Oct 2011

Welcome to ActivSpaces‘ premier Activ Insights session. Tonight we’re going to be talking to Dariu Trueb, a representative from one of Europe’s leading media corporations, Ringier AG. Dariu will be expounding on Ringier’s plans for Africa and their goals for Cameroon. Dariu will also be presenting Kitendo Capital, a venture capital firm, and outlining impact investments. [...]

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Tags: entrepreneurship, ICT4D, impact investments, Kitendo, learning, media, openings, Ringier, venture capital

Activ Insights: Introducing Ringier Group & Kitendo Capital

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21 Oct 2011

Since the CPS Congress in July, ActivSpaces has been working hard to establish a venture capital mechanism for projects in the local tech community and beyond. A VC4Africa blog identified lack of access to venture capital as the biggest challenge facing innovative entrepreneurs on the continent. However, we’ve also seen there are quite a few [...]