Nov 10, 2010
MwangaBora, Swahili for "good light", have been the recent words echoing through Nairobi, Kenya. Evans Wadongo, a 23 year-old native of rural Kenya, has now dedicated his entire life to producing, distributing, and changing lives with his creation - MwangaBora, a solar-powered LED lantern. The...
Nov 10, 2010
GEW Spain will get off the ground tomorrow with the ever-popular BCN Networking Day in Barcelona. With unemployment in the country hitting 20% this year (and youth unemployment as high as 40%) in the wake of the construction crisis, the onus is more than ever on Spain’s innovators to lead a...
Nov 10, 2010
Tom Bewick, CEO of Enterprise UK and Chair of Global Entrepreneurship Week highlights how next week will tackles crucial UK national priorities This article is an abridged version first featured on 10/11/10 by www.startups.co.uk/ “Make a job, don’t just take a job.” That’s a core message of...
Nov 10, 2010
Several different takes on entrepreneurship competitions are open to young South Africans during this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Nov 10, 2010
“In business, the only certain thing is failure. Especially when you operate in a place like Indonesia,” Sandiaga Uno said earlier this year during his visit to the U.S. for President Obama’s Summit on Entrepreneurship. After being laid off during the financial crisis in Asia in the late 90s, Uno...
Nov 09, 2010
With Global Entrepreneurship Week started in some countries and less than a week away in others, it seems the growing 'unleashing ideas' network has been hit by 'compass fever.' GEW hosts around the globe have been putting their entrepreneurial creativity to good use by recreating the compass --...
Nov 09, 2010
Dhakshinamoorthy Balakrishnan, known to his friends (and everyone else, for that matter) as 'Dash', is the head of Warisan Global, the host for GEW / Malaysia. The energetic leader was spotlighted recently in a New Straits Times article for his role in Global Entrepreneurship Week. He...
