The School Enterprise Challenge is a global competition whereby students establish school-based enterprises, or develop existing ones further. This is a fantastic opportunity to generate additional income for your school and develop partnerships with schools overseas - and by entering you stand a chance of winning a top prize for your school of $5,000.

PRETORIA – The South African government is facilitating opportunities for women in rural, peri-urban and informal settlements to participate in green economy projects such as solar energy, water purification, agriculture, construction, waste management and tourism.

After six successful editions, Growing SMEs will be held on 17-18 May 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda. This premium marketplace will highlight successful strategies and businesses to explore and activate the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development in East Africa and beyond.

BRUSSELS - We are announcing the Euro-Africa Summit which will take place next June in Brussels.

CAPE TOWN - We are embarking on a new global e-learning project that seeks to establish a number of Online Universities and Colleges across the world. We seek to partner with individuals, church organizations, learning institutions, civil society organization, Governments, private entities and any other institutions that may wish to invest some of time and resources in this initiative. On the short-run there are no admin costs related. The system incurs such cost only when the University starts running.

The high failure rate of startup business was emphasized once again by The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) CEO Steven Ngubeni on the recent “Justice Factor” TV Program. In fact Ngubeni confirmed the research that within one year, many disheartened start ups fail, only to flood the embattled job market Ukunika Educational Trust a non profit organization has embarked on an ambitious program to address failing start ups. Ukunika is calling on potential Entrepreneurs to participate The Next Big Business Innovation Competition in order to identify new and innovative ideas.

Southern Sudan engaged in liberation struggle for decades. But in January 2005, a new dawn of peace came upon the region when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed. The agreement resulted in convergence of the war scattered population of Southern Sudan back to the large cities, towns and villages. Settling down into the land that had nothing economically on the ground was challenging. But four years down the CPA, business and investment have taken over the large cities of the autonomous region. The boom that CPA has triggered has resulted in explosive growth and undisputed opportunities.

Endowed with natural resources and skilled manpower; the Southern African nation is seeking a turnaround of its economy after years and economic downturn and reform. The country is at a stage were opportunity seekers can effectively tap in. TOURISM: Trans-frontier Conservation Areas/Parks (e.g. Great Limpopo Trans-frontier Park) Tourism Development Zones (areas with high tourism potential where investors enjoy various tax incentives) Hunting safaris and tour operations (a rich and varied game species including the Big Five )