Nubian Cheetah

"All about Africa - a collection of innovative and sustainable ideas focused on a new entrepreneurial renaissance in Africa."

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Waste Enterprisers - Delivering new revenue streams to Sanitation

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From Site: Waste Enterprisers Ltd. (WE) is an innovative social enterprise that aims to reduce the financial burden of adequate sanitatio...

Mobius Motors - affordable transporation for developing markets

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  Mobius Motors sells affordable vehicles designed specifically for the needs of developing world consumers. They aim to change millions...

Komaza - African microforestry, income-generating tree farms

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From Site: We partner with dryland famers to help them plant drought-resistant trees on unproductive land. They get seedlings and tools...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Angaza Design - using solar to power Africa

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From Site: Angaza Design aims to improve the quality of life in East Africa by making clean and affordable electricity accessible to all....

Agro-Hub - Making agriculture markets work

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Uganda Medicinal Plants Growers

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From Site: Uganda Medicinal Plant Growers, Ltd. (UMPG) is a project started and incubated under Project Diaspora as an example of Diaspora-...

Targetting Africa: The case for investment

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AFRICA that u dont see on t.v

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Alive & Kicking - Made in Africa, by Africa, for Africa

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From Site: Vision: Alive & Kicking's vision is of an Africa where every child can play with a real ball, where thousands of jobs...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Africa's New Construction on VOA's In Focus

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Knowledge Channel - African education

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The Knowledge Channel (TKC) is an educational television and Internet channel that enlightens and empowers high school and university studen...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Pagatech - Nigerian mobile money startup

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About Pagatech was founded in early 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank the unbanked in Africa....
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Nii Simmonds interview at Tech4Africa about financing for African Startups

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In August, I was invited to Tech4Africa and I participated in a panel discussion on venture capital in Africa and what startups need to do ...

iYam.mobi - SMS Apps startup in Cameroon

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I met Fritz Ekwoge at Tech4Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa in August. His startup, iYam.mobi , uses apps focused on SMS. He demoed the...

Flocash - let your cash flow

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FloCash is a fast and convenient payment method to send and receive cash around Africa using your email or mobile phone. You can use FloCa...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

TEU - Empowering communities through agriculture

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From site: Tseai Energy Unlimited seeks to become West Africa's leading socially-responsible and environmentally-friendly producer and e...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Diaspora Camp DC 2010 - African diaspora Barcamp focused on Access to capital & SME finance

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Diaspora Camp DC 2010 DiasporaCamp is a BarCamp with a focus on African Diaspora, primarily African affair...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

AFRICAJOU Natural Oils - African Earth

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From Site: AFRICAJOU is a Senegalese company set up to produce and market natural vegetable oils extracted from the plants and seeds of the...

African Institution of Technology - supporting technology diffusion in Africa

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From Site: Our plan is to help the diffusion of semiconductor, microelectronics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and other emerging technologi...

African Colours - Contemporary African art scene

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From Site AfricanColours works towards a viable contemporary African art scene that is internationally recognised and technologically savvy...

Mlako Purified Ice Cube - Tanzania

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Mlako is a Tanzanian commercial ice company focused on purified cube ice.

Mafuta Sasa Biodiesel Limited - Tanzania

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From site: Mafuta Sasa collects used cooking oil as its feedstock for biodiesel production. The Company collects used cooking oil from loc...

ANZA - a technologies-focused social enterprise

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From site: Anza turns the conventional notions of raw materials on their head by reinventing trash to make low-cost, high-utility products ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Kilonshele - Nigerian ticket marketplace

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From Site Kilonshele® is a live entertainment and marketing company. We connect the world to live entertainment events in Nigeria by providi...

Africa Now

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From Site AfricaNow! is an innovative collaboration of modern home decor and accessories celebrating the fusion of African art and life. ...

Elephant Pepper - African spices

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From Site African Spices Pvt Ltd.(AS) was formed in 2000 to sell chilli peppers to domestic, regional and international markets. EPDT select...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Nuru Light

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From Site: We are a social enterprise that sought to provide an affordable and clean off-grid lighting system for the world’s poor. So, we c...

Kina Klothing

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Mkuki Bgoya is a Tanzanian designer and owner of Kina Klothing . Kina Klothing is an exciting East African apparel brand that is internation...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Quality Chemical Industries - Uganda

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From site: We are the premier and leading world class pharmaceutical industry in Uganda. In partnership with our development partners (Cipla...
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Village Reach & VidaGas in Mozambique

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VillageReach’s model improves access to healthcare by providing a logistics platform to facilitate delivery of medical supplies and by star...

AfriCAN Solutions

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This 13 part series travels across Africa, celebrating the spirit of enterprise, technology and ingenuity while also taking a deeper look at...
Friday, March 5, 2010

Aschobi - African fashion house

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Aschobi is a global fashion brand with an African essence. Aschobi exists in the space where luxury meets classic feminine elegance togethe...

Sustainable Harvest - specialty coffee importers

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From site: Sustainable Harvest is headquartered in the Natural Capital Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. The company has supply-side divisio...

Ingenious Africa - tv series that profiles African ingenuity

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13 x 1/2 hour series shot across the continent of Ingenious Africa, focuses on the African continents amazing ability to solve problems, ove...
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Myweku - All Things African

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From Site: My Weku was borne out of a strong desire to: • Unearth positive news, talent and inspirational figures across Africa. • Provide a...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Faso Foods - Ivory Coast consumer foods company

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From site: We are importers of high quality and wholesome products that are certified organic and fair trade, providing a sustainable and ec...
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AFAS International Group - Agribusiness conglomerate Nigeria

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From site: Our mission is to produce fish and livestock feeds, and agricultural products that meet international quality standards. This wil...

Trigen Healthcare

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Trigen Healthcare is committed to improving healthcare outcomes in resource-poor countries by providing continuing medical education, healt...

EGG-Energy - affordable power

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About EGG-Energy Since June 2008, a multi-disciplinary team from MIT and Harvard has been working on an innovative solution to bring afforda...

The Energy Center, KNUST - Center of excellence for Africa energy research

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The Energy Center at KNUST , is an African energy research center devoted to sustainable energy sources. Their research in energy is pivotal...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Chembe Urban Security Competition 2010 - East Africa

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Chembe Ventures is an Irish owned company which provides seed capital to mobile application developers, social media start-ups and web vent...

LimbeLabs - Cameroon startup incubator for startups

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African Capital Alliance - Private Equity fund manager West Africa

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From Site: African Capital Alliance (ACA) is a leading private equity firm focused on Nigeria and West Africa. ACA was founded in 1997 with ...

Grand Challenges: Point-of-Care Diagnostics Grant Opportunity

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The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative is seeking innovative ideas for diagnostics in the developing world. $30 million in fundin...

Mobile Web East Africa - Feb 3,4 Nairobi, Kenya

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Conference on African mobile technology Mobile Web East Africa is the next in a series of progressive and innovative events to focus on one ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Country Home - African consumer foods company

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From Site: Country-Home Food Products is a World Bank assisted Project located at Koforidua, the Capital of Eastern Region of Ghana. The com...
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Kasahorow - Propagating technical standards for African languages

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About Kasahorow Kasahorow is a project spearheaded by a Suuch Solutions (a Ghanaian company) to bring Africa’s languages alive. Kasahorow ...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Broadstreet Lagos - web based research portal on Nigerian securities

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BroadstreetLagos From site: BroadStreetLagos.Com – is APL’s web based research portal on Nigerian securities. It is a consolidation of publ...

Privaty Equity fund manager in in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana

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About ManCap ManoCap is a private equity fund manager that operates in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana. We invest in the SME space, looking...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Absolute furnishing limited - African furniture company

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From Site Absolute Furnishings Limited manufactures a wide range of high quality hotel, office, school; and home furniture as well as home ...
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Nii Simmonds
Washington DC, United States
Nii Simmonds is focused on Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa. He speaks at frequent events and conferences throughout the year about sustainable entrepreneurship, innovation in science & engineering, and financial innovations in Africa. His Blog, Nubian Cheetah seeks to inform those who have an intrinsic interest in Africa's sustainable development with regards to innovation, technology, business, venture capital and sustainable entrepreneurship.
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