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The Era Of #subCMR

7 Feb 2012

The West Cameroon leadership therefore opted to transform a “National Day” into a “Youth Day” as a tool for nation-building and consolidation, and greater mobilization of the population, most of whom were youths. -Youth & Nation-Building in Cameroon by Churchill Ewumbue-Monono The origin of Cameroon’s Youth Day was in itself a well calculated innovation. So it [...]

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Tags: #subCMR, entrepreneurship, openings, startups, workshop

Power Hour with Ismael Nzouetom

20 Dec 2011

Ismael Nzouetom, the Cameroonian wunderkind behind I-Dispo, an innovative online booking platform, is visiting Cameroon and eager to meet up with the tech community. Harambe Cameroon in collaboration with ActivSpaces is organizing a Power Hour meetup between Ismael and the local startup/tech community tomorrow at Akwa Palace in Douala. Take your time and check out [...]

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Tags: apps, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, learning, startups

Activ Insights: Introducing Invested Development

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27 Nov 2011

Following last month’s investor live chat with Dariu Trueb of Ringier Africa & Kitendo Capital, we’re pleased to welcome Christina Tamer and Sean Smith of Invested Development, a Boston-based, impact-focused, seed-stage investment firm with its sights set on African innovators. Invested Development targets emerging markets with risk capital investments in the most innovative alternative energy [...]

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Tags: alternative energy, finance, impact investments, innovation, investment, mobile, seed capital, ventures

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 [...]