Training & Events

Welcome to the ekonaLINKS Event Page. This page houses information on upcoming events.

February 15 – August 27, 2010. Various Locations, Kenya. BridgingStaff Consulting is organizing the Microenterprise Training Program (MTP) designed to meet the needs of micro, small and medium enterprises. The aim of the program is to provide entrepreneurs with the skills needed to create, manage, and grow successful businesses. The training covers a wide range of topics including: introduction to entrepreneurship, financial analysis, strategic marketing, cost control and financial sustainability, business management, human capital planning, etc. For more information and to register, please click here.

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July 28, 2010. Nairobi, Kenya. BridgingStaff Consulting is organizing the Maendeleo Speaker Series – “Youth-Based Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.” Moses Mwaura, Enablis East Africa Regional Director, and Lilly Anne Wachira, Tangerine Ltd. Head Operations and Administration, will discuss youth entrepreneurship and its impact on economic development. The Speaker Series presents unique insights into important issues for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It also provides a forum for entrepreneurs, students and industry leaders to share their priorities and insights before an audience of entrepreneurs and business owners. For more information, please click here.

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August 25, 2010. Nairobi, Kenya. BridgingStaff Consulting is organizing the Maendeleo Speaker Series – “Leveraging Social Media into Your Business Strategy”. The Speaker Series presents unique insights into important issues for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It also provides a forum for entrepreneurs, students and industry leaders to share their priorities and insights before an audience of entrepreneurs and business owners. For more information, please click here.

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Distance Learning Courses

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

“Developmental Entrepreneurship”

This class surveys developmental entrepreneurship via case examples of both successful and failed businesses and generally grapples with deploying and diffusing products and services through entrepreneurial action. By drawing on live and historical cases, especially from South Asia, Africa, Latin America as well as Eastern Europe, China, and other developing regions, we seek to cover the broad spectrum of challenges and opportunities facing developmental entrepreneurs. Finally, we explore a range of established and emerging business models as well as new business opportunities enabled by developmental technologies developed in MIT labs and beyond. For more information, please click here.

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