Barnett Kanyenda, whose business plan on an Integrated Livestock and Fish Farming business was most impressive to be selected by the judging panel following the dual blind marking system as the most thorough and most deserving of the first prize. And Pempho Mwale, whose business plan for a Special Effects Makeup(SFX) Studio was deemed to …
micro-enterprise
Global Youth Unemployment
Global Youth Unemployment is a serious issue which most countries are grappling with. Unfortunately its something that does not receive sufficient attention that it should. In Africa, the situation is even more critical as even larger economies like those of South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Kenya have sizable youth unemployment rates (See here) …
Why Mentorship?
Sometimes funding interventions do not achieve all their outcomes because the funding is not enough. At other times it is because the funding is not utilised properly, or it has strings attached. Further still, at other times (and in the context of investment into a micro-enterprise), the failure can be down to a lack of …
Introducing Oshede
shede is a Yoruba word meaning escape. We only discovered this years after we had already coined the term. Interestingly “o shede” with a space between the o and the s means “he says” in Yoruba. Another accidental discovery… Also, Google Translate seems to think Oshede is a Danish word … although we’re not entirely …