Academia must wake up to entrepreneurship for development
Given the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth and social progress, the training of entrepreneurs can be deeply connected to public service, central to the mission of universities.
ATDF Journal Volume 8 Issue 1 & 2, 2011 - Food Sovereignty The contents of this issue of the ATDF Journal:
The Global Food Crisis is not going away. The price peaks of 2008 have returned in 2011, but the remedies to address the problem largely remain the same. Many countries vow to fight the problem by invoking the fashionable term ‘Food Sovereignty’. It largely refers to the "right" of people to define their own food, agriculture, livestock and fisheries systems, in contrast to having food largely subject to international market forces. In our new ATDF issue we discuss the meaning of term ’Food Sovereignty’ and explore the potential impact of the pursuit of national food sovereignty policies on farming, research and trade protection.
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ATDF Journal Volume 7 Issue 3 & 4, 2010 - Industrial Policy The contents of this special issue of the ATDF Journal: Problems facing Local Manufacturers in the Nigerian Agro-Allied Machine Fabrication Industry - From Science and Technology to Innovation for Development - Exploring the Constraints of Rural Enterprise Development and Poverty Reduction in Ghana - A resurgence in acquisition of industrial technology in Africa? Analysis of global trends in technology transfer - Overall Customer Satisfaction in Ghana‘s Mobile Telecommunication Networks: Implications for Management and Policy - An E-mentoring platform for entrepreneur-driven development in Africa
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ATDF Journal Volume 7 Issue 1 & 2, 2010 - Architecture Architects and development specialists often live in different worlds and it is difficult to create a publicawareness for the development dimension of innovative architecture. This special issue of the ATDF Journal aims to change this by bringing the two worlds closer together showing a variety of innovative projects and discussing their impact on African development in general and sustainable urbanization and local entrepreneurship in particular.
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ATDF Journal Volume 6 Issue 3 & 4, 2009 - African Orphan Crops This special issue of the ATDF Journal is dedicated to the Orphan Crops of Africa. Although orphan crops are also known by different names (e.g. underutilized-, lost- or disadvantaged-crops), they all refer to a group of crops that are vital to the economy of developing countries due to their suitability to the agro-ecology and socio-economic conditions, but remain largely unimproved due to less attention has been given by the world scientific community. In order to boost food production in Africa emphasis should be given, not only to the major crops but also, to the orphan crops.
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MIT Entrepreneurship for Development
The MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship was founded on the belief that economic progress and good governance in low-income countries emerge from entrepreneurship and innovations that empower ordinary citizens
Saturday 14 April 2012, by Webmaster Stanford initiative to drive sustainable change The Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, known informally as SEED, seeks to stimulate, develop, and disseminate research and innovations that enable entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders to alleviate poverty in developing economies. Saturday 14 April 2012, by Webmaster Driving change through education The Indus Foundation is an organization dedicated to empowering the students of India for accessing the best educational and career opportunities in the world. Saturday 14 April 2012, by Webmaster The proliferation of cabinet ministries in Africa At 71 members strong, Uganda has the third largest cabinet in the world after North Korea and Kenya. This is in circumstances where the global average of ministers is 30. The average for Sub-Saharan Africa is 40 Saturday 7 April 2012, by Webmaster Want to become an internet billionaire? Move to Africa Monday 12 December 2011
The role of science in the development agenda: the highs and lows of 2010 Monday 3 January 2011
G-20 SME Finance Challenge Wednesday 3 November 2010
ImagineNations Group and Yahoo! Join to Engage Young Entrepreneurs (through mobile technology) Sunday 10 October 2010
Comment on the orphan crop issue Wednesday 15 September 2010
Geldof seeks to raise $1bn for African investment plan Tuesday 7 September 2010
African Parliamentarians Back Call To Action For Green Revolution Saturday 4 September 2010
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