Gaining Inspirational Economic Insights From Saudi Arabia

Many years ago, when someone mentioned Saudi Arabia, the first things that probably came to mind were oil and luxury, diamond-studded million dollar cars. We deemed it a conservative country, a country that is closed out from the rest of the world – and a country not worth visiting.

3 Feb

Reflecting on Africa’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

2023 has a great outlook for the African entrepreneurship ecosystem landscape as the continent has received great attention all over the world since the pandemic. According to Partech, it is estimated that up to $2billion of funding in form of equity and debt went into African tech startups in 2019.

22 Dec

Year in Review: 7 Highlights from 2022

In 2022, backed by an incredible community of staff, volunteers and partners, GEN directly helped 5,575 entrepreneurs and indirectly supported 1.13 million startups through our programs. With deep gratitude to all who helped us make this possible, I have selected seven highlights from our 15 global work streams to mention as we close out the year.

4 Dec

Inaugural National Presidential SMME & Co-operatives Awards & Summit – 13 – 15 November 2022

The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) and its agencies, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda), the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) hosted the Inaugural National Presidential SMME and Co-operatives Awards on the 13th of November which was followed by the Inaugural National SMME and Co-operatives Summit on the 14th – 15th November 2022 at the 22 On Sloane Campus.

27 Nov

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE INAUGURAL NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL SMME AND CO-OPERATIVES AWARDS

14 Nov

Cape Town Announced As Host City For the Global Entrepreneurship Congress Africa

The Global Entrepreneurship Network Africa (GEN Africa) announced Cape Town as the host city for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC+Africa), scheduled to be held on 13-14 September 2023. The announcement took place on the 14th of November 2022 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), which will also be the host centre for the congress. The GEC+Africa will be hosted in partnership with the Western Cape Provincial Government, Department of Small Business Development, Department of Social Development, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), South African Tourism, African Bank, Telkom and the Cape Innovation Technology Initiative.

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22 On Sloane is the largest startup campus in Africa. The campus offers disruptive startups and innovative SMEs a complete turnkey solution to scale, from the initial idea all the way to commercialisation, funding opportunities and access to markets. Its aim is to nurture the entrepreneurial mindset, ensure their sustainability, and explore development of new industries and contribute towards job creation in Africa.