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Five innovators win a place in the Senegal Start-Up Accelerator

The winners will also receive $2000 each in seed funding, with the chance to secure additional funding upon completion of the program

Five young Senegalese entrepreneurs have been selected to receive six months of business incubation and $2,000 seed-funding to kick-start their business. The Senegal Start-Up Accelerator, run by Kosmos Innovation Center (www.KosmosInnovationCenter.com) and Reach for Change (africa.ReachforChange.org), has been looking for young Senegalese entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that could tackle the…

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    • From left to right: Joe Mensah, CEO Kosmos Energy, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare,Chief of staff at the Presidency of Ghana,Nana Addo Dangkwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, Eugene Owusu, Special Advisor to the President on the SDGs and Professor George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning, Ghana gather at the launch of Africa Innovates for the SDGs
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President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the SDGs launches Africa-wide award promoting innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

Five winners will be awarded the grand prize and have their work showcased at an international level, helping them to expand their work

The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched a pan-African award for a new generation of early stage social innovators in Africa who are solving pressing problems in the SDG focus areas. The award,…

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Over 1 million African children’s lives improved by local social entrepreneurs supported by Reach for Change in Africa

Reach for Change Africa is a non-profit organization that runs incubators, accelerators and other customized programs to help local social entrepreneurs develop sustainable organizations that impact the lives of children, youth and women

More than one million African children have benefitted from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa (http://Africa.ReachForChange.org). The non-profit organization, which, this year, is marking its 5th anniversary themed “Accelerating Impact. Driving Change”, also reported that…

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    • James Kofi Annan is one of over 100 African social entrepreneurs supported by Reach for Change Africa in 2015. James is working to bring an end to child slavery in Ghana and beyond
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Social Entrepreneurs provide sustainable solutions for Africa’ development priorities - Report

Is social entrepreneurship the new face of development? A recent impact report released by Reach for Change (www.Africa.Reachforchange.org) suggests it might be. Social entrepreneurs across Africa are contributing to advances in education, healthcare, financial inclusion, environmental protection and other social issues. This was highlighted in the Reach for Change Africa…