Refinancing your Business Assets

Asset finance involves either funding the purchase of a new asset e.g. vehicles or machinery or it can also include raising working capital by refinancing against your existing asset (using your assets as security). 

Refinancing assets is emerging as a popular option for small businesses who would not qualify for unsecured loans. Banks may also ask for exorbitant security for their business loans, thus locking out the new entrepreneur seeking a small cash infusion to expand their production and marketing.

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Women of Vision Award for Innovation

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) is an organisation that has developed tools and programmes designed to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women technology leaders since 1997. The organisation provides inclusive platforms designed to ensure women’s voices, ideas and spirits will result in higher levels of technical innovation. The ABI delivers programmes that are changing the world for women and for technology.

The ABI invites nominations for the Women of Vision Award for Innovation, which recognises a leading technical woman who has contributed significantly to technology innovation.

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Youth Enterprise Development Fund – Call for Expressions of Interest to Develop Strategic Plan

The Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) is a project of Vision 2030 and provides loans and other enterprise development solution services to Kenyans aged 18 to 35 years.

Over the last five years, the Youth Fund has financed over 130,000 youth enterprises and supported thousands others through its business development services and through the jobs abroad programme.

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John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships

The John S. Knight Fellowships accepts applications from qualified journalists and journalism entrepreneurs from around the world for 20 Fellowships each year. Selected journalists will spend a year at Stanford, developing their knowledge and skills, as well as ideas for the betterment of journalism.

Fellows receive a stipend of $60,000, plus Stanford tuition and supplements for moving expenses, health insurance, books, housing and childcare. The deadline to apply is December 1^st 2011.

For more information and to apply, visit http://knight.stanford.edu/application/

To find more fellowship opportunities, visit http://www.yipekenya.org/News.htm

Acumen Fund Global Fellows Program

The Acumen Fund are accepting applications for the 2012-2013 class of Acumen Fund Global Fellows

Fellows are drawn from a pool of highly-talented, passionate people who come from all geographies, sectors, backgrounds, and ethnicities. Last year, Acumen Fund received nearly 600 applications from over 70 countries.

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Canada World Youth 2012 Leadership Awards

Canada World Youth (CWY) is currently seeking nominations for the 2012 Leadership Awards aimed at recognizing the excellent achievements of young Canadians and youth from around the world that are engaged in innovative initiatives promoting peace, intercultural understanding, and community and international Development. The candidates must be nominated by a third party.

CWY is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of young people that have a desire to become informed and active global citizens. CWY programs are designed to help youth experience the world for themselves, learn about other cultures and diverse Canadian communities while developing leadership and communication skills.

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2011 Innovators Challenge

The mHealth Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation are seeking nominations from innovators across the world for the Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge enabling them to attend the all-expense paid trip to the 2011 mHealth Summit in Washington, DC’s National Harbor to be held during December 5th – 7th 2011. The winners will be also honoured at a reception on December 4th.

The 2011 mHealth Summit will build on last year’s success by bringing a dedicated focus to the business, end-user, and policy perspectives of mHealth, fostering in-depth dialogue to identify and accelerate cross-cutting value chains and sustainable mHealth business models from around the globe. The summit will also provide a dedicated focus to the healthcare research and evaluation needs of mHealth, facilitating the development and commercialization of empirically-supported solutions.

The 2011 Innovators Challenge is aimed at identifying and awarding individuals who have used mobile technology in innovative ways to improve health systems and outcomes in even the most remote areas of the world.

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