InvesteQ Capital Entrepreneurship Competition

InvesteQ Capital is a 7 year old company whose focus is to provide financing solutions to SMEs in Africa. The InvesteQ Capital Entrepreneurship Competition is a business plan competition preparing Kenyan SMEs for finance.

Eligibility

• Kenyan businesses registered in Kenya
• Financing requirement is between US$ 10,000 and US$ 1,000,000
• You aim to be profitable in the next three years.
• Your business is a growth business with a yearly growth rate in sales and/or employees of 30% annually.

For more information, visit http://www.yipekenya.org/InvesteQ Capital Entrepreneurship Competition.htm

2011 Chase Bank Enablis ILO Business Launchpad competition

The Enablis Entrepreneurial Network East Africa, Chase Bank and the International Labour Organization launched the annual business plan competition aimed at supporting emerging and existing entrepreneurs on July 5th 2011.

The 2011 competition got a boost when the ILO’s Youth Entrepreneurship Facility generously increased their sponsorship to share the title sponsorship with Chase Bank.

The competition is also supported by Inoorero University, Business Daily, Safaricom Foundation, MobiKash, Rhino Special Products and the Kenya ICT Board.

The competition is a platform for Kenyans with business ideas to realize their dreams.

For further information, visit http://www.yipekenya.org/2011 Chase Bank Enablis ILO Business Launchpad.htm

Grant, Fellowship, Competition & Award Opportunities

Call for Green Energy Projects: Do you have a project or plan to implement a green energy project in Sub Saharan Africa?

BBC World Challenge 2011: The BBC World Challenge 2011 seeks to provide recognition to projects or small businesses demonstrating enterprise and innovation at the grassroots level.

Synergos Senior Fellows Network Program: The Synergos Institute has issued a call for applications for its Synergos Senior Fellows Network program that provides opportunities for enhancing leadership skills.

Ebay and Ashoka's Changemakers Competition: Powering Economic Opportunity, Creating a World that Works - eBay Foundation and Ashoka’s Changemakers have launched this online competition to find the world’s most innovative market-based solutions that create economic opportunity and generate employment for disadvantaged populations.

African Technology and Transparency Initiative Call for Letters of Inquiry: ATTI supports projects that use technology as an essential component for providing people with access to credible information about government actions and influence in Africa.

For information on how to apply/ enter visit http://www.yipekenya.org/News.htm

Yipe updates

Here are a few opportunities available on the Youth Interactive Portal for Enterprise (YIPE):

Freedom to Create Prize

The 2011 Freedom to Create Prize celebrates the power of art to promote social justice, build foundations for open societies, and inspire the human spirit. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/lXz4Qc

Kofi Annan Fellowships

The Kofi Annan Fellowship provides the opportunity for talented and motivated students from developing countries to study management at ESMT in Berlin. For more information visit http://bit.ly/kJFHFT

AGFUND International Prize for Innovative Development Projects

AGFUND invites international and regional and national organisations, universities and research centres to nominate pioneering and innovative development projects in the field of Empowering Youth through Entrepreneurship and Job Opportunities. more »»

2011 “I Am an Entrepreneur” Photo Competition

The SEVEN Fund’s ‘I Am an Entrepreneur’ photography competition recognizes the outstanding use of photography to tell compelling stories of role model entrepreneurs from around the world. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/k3Tdlq

IPI News Innovation Contest

Internet search giant Google has awarded US$2.7-million to media watchdog, the International Press Institute (IPI) as part of a new project to support digital news in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/ilr945  »»

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation call for grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. more »»

2011 Africa SMME Awards

Your small, medium or micro enterprise (SMME) may be recognised as the Africa SMME of the Year. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/jYv8Ul  »»

Dell Social Innovation Competition

The Dell Social Innovation Competition has been launched jointly by the University of Texas and Dell for college students around the world who want to improve areas of critical human need through innovation.

If you have a groundbreaking idea in mind or if you can mobilize people and resources to affect wide-ranging, scalable social change with your fortitude and personality, then you can submit your idea for the competition.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/ft7Y8Y