Competition Entries

Legatum, a privately owned international investment group, and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm,Tuesday announced the launch of the 2010 Legatum Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, one of the continent’s most prestigious business awards. The Legatum Africa Awards program recognizes and rewards African business leaders who embody the entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrate the qualities required...
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The Group of 20 and Ashoka’s Changemakers, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, launched an online competition today to find the best models worldwide for public-private partnerships that catalyze finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The G-20 SME Finance Challenge, the first ever competition launched by the G-20, is a unique financial inclusion...
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The Kenya chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) has launched its eighth business competition for universities. The initiative focuses on community projects that each participating team has developed and implemented in the last 12 months, where the team that has had the greatest impact on their community emerges the winner. “The judges will...
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CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and Grameen-Jameel are pleased to announce Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010: Innovating Sustainable, Scalable, and Market-Driven Models. The contest is a joint initiative to promote the innovative design of Shariah-compliant products for Islamic microfinance clients. We are seeking original Islamic microfinance business proposals which are profitable, sustainable, scalable, and...
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Tackle a pressing social issue – win $50,000 to put your plan into action. How It Works Do you have what it takes? It starts with an idea to make the world a better place. In universities around the world, students like you explore countless ideas every day, including solutions to tackle social problems...
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Sparkseed announced the launch of a national competition to find their next class of college-age social innovators. The Bay Area-based innovation incubator provides college age entrepreneurs with cash, mentorship, and a variety of additional resources to help launch their projects. ——————– If you’re an undergraduate student with a nonprofit or for profit business idea...
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