The Afropolitan Today — Entrepreneur

CALIFORNIA (March 16, 2019) The Afropolitan Shop today announced new features to give black men and women around the world an opportunity to make a living online. In an ambitious plan, the online company launched a 6-week online course to train black entrepreneurs to enable them to start and run sustainable, black-owned businesses from scratch. "You don't need to have a business to enroll. My job is to help you start and launch the business of your dreams.” said course coach, Beverly Lwenya. When she created a blog in 2007 to share African stories and images with the black diaspora,...

I've stumbled upon a great (and yet another popular) blog by Afropolitan G. Kofi Annan called Annansi Chronicles. He's a writer, entrepreneur, and consultant on all things emerging in Afropolitan Africa. I'm excited that and happy to announce that he is moderating a panel aptly called Africa 2.0 for the hip festival SXSW Its funny because I've been wanting to go the last couple of years, but now I have a perfect opportunity. If you haven't heard of South by Southwest, its a really cool Indie Festival that has gathered a huge indie fan base b/c of its showcase of...

AfriGadget? How cool is this site! In the same spirit as William Kamkwamba of Malawi's windmill. </p

Amazing, isn't it? The title alone? These are the kind of kids that need heavy mentoring and investment (although it looks like he's pretty bright!).  If you couple this, plus the views of 35 year old Economist James Shikwati, one begins to see why the future of Africa is not Aid in Africa but "Made in Africa"....hmmm that's kinda catchy. You read it hear first! Viva les entrepreneurs!