Africa and Norman Macrae

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Here are some of the leaders we admire

Kenya's Ingrid Munro - founded happy families bank so youth's mobile productivity can rebuild Kenya - one of Africa's countries on a rising exponential. People who have certified Ingrid's great work include Queen Sofia of Spain for 15 years royalty's number 1 champion of truly economic banks for the poor -also see more at http://normanmacrae.ning.com/forum/topics/kenya-and-norman

Other exciting investors in youth's productivity in Africa include:
Peter Ryan MicroloanFoundation (Malawi) with African Regional partnership of John Mackey's WholePlanetFoundation
Taddy Blecher (Free Univesrities including first test space of Branson Entrepreneur curricula)  S. Africa
Ory head of google africa (s.africa) formerly founder of crowdmap kenya
Alumni of Nelson Mandela, and Ubuntu Community Building methods
In memoriam: Wangari Maathai mobilised of green movements across Africa

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Hi Lesley - I want to use your education revolution piece in microcredsummit special issue to see if I can assemble a circulation list of africa's deepest educators, while Mrs Begum searches out asia's deepest educators with mostofa

 

@ Ghana: Have you or taddy heard of http://www.ashesi.org/ -at quadir's 3 day conference in boston this week,  where patrick Awuah is speaking

Ethical leadership • Innovative thinking • A new Africa

Since its founding in 2002, Ashesi (Ah-SHESS-ee) University in Ghana has empowered young Africans with the skills, and the motivation, to create a better future for Africa. Ashesi’s groundbreaking curriculum, unique in Africa, fosters critical thinking, problem solving, and a concern for others. Ashesi students are challenged to adapt their skills to Africa’s realities; as a result, over 95% of our 269 graduates have chosen to stay in Africa, where they contribute to efficiency, transparency and progress in a wide range of private and NGO enterprises.

Our US foundation connects you to this African-initiated enterprise
Ashesi was founded by Patrick Awuah (AA-wah), a Ghanaian who chose to leave his successful software career in the US to return home and promote progress in Africa. The Ashesi University Foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, USA, is a 501(c)(3) organization designed to help US and international donors support the University. The foundation was instrumental in helping Dr. Awuah establish Ashesi, and continues to inspire a global community.

Generous donors help fund scholarships for students in need, new programs and campus infrastructure. Donations

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Web name of business and founding entrepreneur	Market and main residence	Good News Story
	HEALTH
Nigeria Flying Doctors Dr Ola Orekunrin www.flyingdoctorsnigeria.com	Nigeria and region : Rapid response urgent medical	The story of how and why a London-Nigerian girl fell in love with healthcare and flying. By 25 Ola was west africa’s first flying doctor. As she says when your passion leads you to do something visibly worth spending your life on - the first followers that celebrate you are absolutely pivotal. MIT wants to start up a female entrepreneurs course and alumni net around her.
Lagray Company- Dr Alexandra Graham www.lagraychem.com	Ghana –world class pharma manufacturing	West Africa
	Tech including mobile communications webs
Computer warehouse Group, Autin Okere www.cwlgroup.com	Nigeria and West Africa Region
Ushahidi www.ushahidi.org	Ory founded in Kenya (Ory now lives in S.Africa)	worldwide
	Financial inclusion including community regeneration across many markets
ES Partners Eric Kakou www.espartners.co	Eric provides intellectual capital services to African leaders having led Rwanda Program RNIC
Jamii Bora Kenya www.jamiibora.org Ingrid Munro	Microcredit including youth and urban as well as rural
BRAC www.brac.net  with mastercard foundation – sir fazle abed	Uganda	BRAc worls with other partners in Tanzania , Suda, Seirra Leone, …
Microloanfoundation peter ryan www.microloanfoundation.org	Resourced out of London and Boston serves Malawi and Zambia
www.wholeplanetfoundation.org John Mackey WholeFoods	Trendsetting economic partnership program of the US company Wholefoods connecting over 10 countries in Africa.	Wholefoods funds microcredits in local places where it is already present in sourcing foods. This leverages its staff’s interest in these areas and concern to see local markets and entrepreneurs develop to benefit of societies.
MPESA and www.safaricomfoundation.org		See also new book by nicolsas sullivan
KIVA		See also http://www.globalmicrocreditsummit2011.org/userfiles/file/Workshop%...
	EDUCATION& jobs and good news media
MakerFaire Africa Emeka Okafor www.makerfaireafrica.com	Pan-africa world fair of locally made prodicts and extreme design skills	First 3 fairs … Accra , Nairobi , Cairo
Africa 24 good news of Africa by africans Constant Nemale	Paris- Africa world service media
Ashesi Univeristy Dr Patrick Awuah www.ashesi.org	Ghana
Free University model Taddy Blecher	South Africa	This model also incubated branson entrepreneur curricula now extending to other hemispheres
Legatum Center http://legatum.mit.edu/ Iqbal Quadir with Mastercard Foundation http://www.mastercardfdn.org/	MIT boston	Worldwide – masercard 21mn $ sponsorship will bring particular foci to Africa , education and financial inclusion
	Agriculture including celan energy and water
Golden Rose Agro Farms Ryaz shamji	Ethiopia
www.camed.org network inspired by anne cotton	Helps girls stay in schools – started in zimbabwe, now many countries in africa
green belt movement wangaaris mathaai	Kenya

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http://legatum.mit.edu/conference2011_registration

 

 

 

8:45am    Special Remarks

 

Eric Grimsom, Chancellor, MIT

Iqbal Quadir, Founder & Director, Legatum Center at MIT

Reeta Roy,President & CEO, The MasterCard Foundation

 

 

9:00am    Private Investments: Public Purpose

                   An informative discussion about the true drivers behind decisions to fund nascent ventures.

 

     Moderator:

Julie Meyer,  CEO, Ariadne Capital

     Speakers:

Thomas C. Barry, CEO, Zephyr Management

Robert E. Litan, VP for Research & Policy, Kauffman Foundation

Judi Wakhungu - Execuitive Director, African Center for Technology Studies

 

 

10:30am    High Tech in Low Income

                    High tech is giving rise to new solutions and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

 

    Keynote:

Alph Bingham, Founder & Board Member, InnoCentive, Inc.

    Legatum Fellow:

               Prahar Shah

   Speakers:

Neetu Bhatia, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, KyaZoonga

Zafar Khan, CEO, Sofizar

Austin Okere, Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Computer Warehouse Group

 

 

 

1:00pm      Lessons from Educational Entrepreneurs

                      Contrary to the usual expectation that education is a non-profit or government service, for-profit enterprises are emerging in this field.

                   

    Session Leader:

Dr. Natasha Matic, Senior Strategy Advisor, King Khalid Foundation

    Legatum Fellow:

                Farrah Tazyeen, Legatum Fellow

   Speakers:

Dr. Patrick Awuah, Founder & President, Ashesi University, Ghana

Alex Cheatle, Founder & CEO, Ten Group

Ashish Rajpal, Founder & CEO, iDiscoveri

 

 

 

2:30pm    Acres of Innovations

                   Sustainable land development and use, whether in agricultural enterprises or conservation, allows entrepreneurs to create dynamic and profitable businesses. 

 

    Session Leader:

Eric Kacou, Co-founder, ESPartners, helped advise on Rwanda's reconstruction

    Legatum Fellow:

                Dennis Szeszko, Founder & CEO, Soil-less Orchids

   Speakers:

Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, Co-founder & President, Teatulia

Marta Echavarria, Project Director & Founder, EcoDecision

Ryaz Shamji, Managing Director, Golden Rose Agro-Farms, Ltd. one of Ethiopia's largest exports 

 

 

 

8:45am     Disintermediaton of Media

                   Television, print publications and electronic media play an ever-increasing role in driving   political, social and economic developments.

 

    Keynote:

               Dr. Rosalia Arteaga, former Vice President & President of Ecuador

   Session Leader:

Emeka Okafor,Curator, Maker Faire Africa, host of Ted Africa's event in Tanzania

    Legatum Fellow:

               Ankit Jain

   Speakers:

Claude Grunitzky,Co-founder & Chairman, TRUE

Constant Nemale, President & Founder, Africa 24

 

 

10:30am   Infectious Ideas

                   Billions of people do not have access to good health care. There are surprising and innovative solutions for the delivery of medical care in emerging countries.

 

    Keynote:

Dr. Alexandra Graham, Co-founder & COO, LaGray Chemical Company, West Africa's only major manufacturer of Pharmaceuticals

    Legatum Fellow:

                Javier Lozano, Legatum Fellow, Founder, Clinicas del Azucar

   Speakers:

Pradeep K. Jaisingh, Managing Director & CEO, International Oncology

Dr. Ola Orekunrin, Managing Director, Flying Doctors Nigeria, Ltd.

Alberto Osio, Co-founder & CEO, Yolia Health

 

 

 

 

1:00pm    Strategies for Promoting Entrepreneurship

                Leaders in advancing entrepreneurship will shed light on practical strategies for promoting innovative enterprises.

                  

    Moderator:

Matthew Bishop, US Business Editor, The Economist

    Panelists:

Esko Aho, Executive Vice President, Nokia Corporation,

                Former Prime Minister of Finland

John Chisholm, CEO, John Chisholm Ventures

Michael A Cusumano, Professor of Managment, MIT Sloan School

Daniel Isenberg, Professor of Managment Practice, Babson Global

 

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emerging notes on Legatum conference

As you may know my dad and I first reported that mobile connectivity could change the world back in 1984.

the 2 people I have ever met with the best chance of helping people link in with the mobile entrepreneurial revolution are

 

kazi huque who is central to intel's world ahead program http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/world-ahead...

 

iqbal quadir - it was actually iqbal  in 1994 conceived grameen phone; as well as sorts of contacts below he works with berners lee at MIT, any of the people like mo ibrahim who have made billions from mobiles,  nick sullivan who is bringing out a new book on mpesa after his previous book hear me now, joint venture with BRAC and connecting almost anyone you choose at MIT- iqbal also edits a journal innovations that has the best papers on mobile entreprenoal revolution (iqbal is also backed by the person who started MIT enrepreneur centre 30 years ago and so has his fingers in MIT's strategy as the number 1 job creating university in the world with only 10 nations being responsible for more jobs than MIT alumni)

 

it turned out that the MIT Legatum conference had a regional special connection of africa as it was announcing 21 million dollars of funds from mastercard foundation which already is a large $45mn  funder of brac uganda http://www.mastercardfdn.org/brac.htm

 

I have highlighted in bold the 6 Africans I had particulary good conversations with.

 

Now I have to admit 2 overwhelming geedbacks from this conference:

 

Africas greatest entrepreneurs seem to be saying we dont need social busieness specifically we need all good business models and transparent leaders- with pharma, computing and mass media and horticulture four of the people I met look like being unstoppable forces for good in their sectors

 

When you map all the connections MIT have with mobile technology its unlikely that any meaningful mobile entrepreneurial revolution of ending poverty will happen without good connections through MIT. I am here to try and help anyone who believes Africans can enjoy this time and space  

 

best chris macrae wash dc 1 301 881 1655 www.africanidol.tv www.youthworldbanking.com