Newsroom: Global News Archive 2004

November 28 - December 4 

Retailer of African clothes praised for entrepreneurship
Jamaica Observer - Jamaica
The recently-opened retailer of African clothes and fabric, Kamit Revisited Boutique in Little Premier Plaza, Kingston, has been cited as a good example of the... <MORE>

IT Graduates Receive Real World Training
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... Centre signed a memorandum of understanding to offer experiential training for IT graduates," says Jan Grundling, head of TUT's centre for entrepreneurship... <MORE>

US group helps women with financing
Ottawa Business Journal - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... Earlier this year, another report funded by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation pointed to the male-dominated venture capital industry as another hurdle... <MORE>

Business plans show no spirit of entrepreneurship
BusinessOwner.co.za (press release) - South Africa
... Few show true signs of entrepreneurship, such as creative wheeling and dealing to get finance, and spotting true gaps in the market... <MORE>

New £1.8m 'proof of concept' fund unveiled by University
Business Weekly - UK
... Guest speaker was Carl J. Schramm, president and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which works with partners to encourage... <MORE>

Incubators help fledgling businesses to spread wings
ic Wales - Wales,UK
... event referred to those buildings and facilities that are designed to encourage entrepreneurship and minimise obstacles to new business formation and growth by... <MORE>

Natwar Singh inaugurates entrepreneurship centre
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[India News]: Vientiane (Laos): Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh inaugurated the Lao-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre here... <MORE>

December 5-11

Draft plan aims to aid business
Guernsey Weekly Press - Vale,Guernsey,UK
... Create a business-friendly and competitive environment that attracts prosperous activity, entrepreneurship and diversification and encourages those businesses... <MORE>

Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment launches 'International Entrepreneurship Forum & Exhibition'
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
...The move, a significant joint venture between the public and private sectors, has been designed to promote entrepreneurship and business initiative in the country.... <MORE>

Creativity, Entrepreneurship Turning Europe into an innovation hub
EUROPA - Brussels,Belgium
This year's European Forum for Innovative Enterprises finishes today. The fourth gathering of its kind, it brought together entrepreneurs... 
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The lesson from America: don't stifle entrepreneurs
The Sunday Times - London,England,UK
It is not the cheerful statistics that are driving the chancellor to attempt to introduce a touch of America into British economic life. He knows that it is America’s entrepreneurial atmosphere... <MORE>

Going for it: to get what?
Belfast Telegraph (subscription) - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
... She said: "This programme of support is intended to keep the spotlight on entrepreneurship and the many possibilities for enterprise that are open to people."... <MORE>

Entrepreneurs urged to raise aspirations for growth
Financial Times - London,England,UK
Entrepreneurs need to aim higher in terms of getting their companies to grow if the government's ambition to create a more dynamic "enterprise culture" is to be realised... <MORE>

FSB - Entrepreneurship is a credible alternative to university
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) today sought to remind A-Level students that starting a business was "a credible alternative to costly university ... <MORE>

Funeral Home Owner Gets Entrepreneurship Award
AllAfrica.com - Africa
The proprietor of Uganda Funeral Services, Ms Regina Mukiibi, has been voted woman entrepreneur of the year, by an organization of fellow businesswomen. ... <MORE>

Invest NI Accelerates Youth Entrepreneurship
Derry Journal - Derry,Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland has launched a Strategic Approach to Accelerating Youth Entrepreneurship at a special 'Celebration of Entrepreneurship' event... <MORE>

December 12-18

Opportunities Abound in Venture Capital - ARM
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... Company Limited (ARM), a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has called on Nigerians to tap the good opportunities available in venture capital business in ... <MORE>

The need to teach entrepreneurship
Business Standard - New Delhi,India
...For one, the big gap between B-school education and the real world is when it comes to entrepreneurship and running your own business... 
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Entrepreneurship and growth2
Barbados Advocate - Barbados
... make it happen. The basic ingredient which will lead to this growth and prosperity is entrepreneurship. Other important ingredients... 
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Musician and artist Wyclef Jean launches Yele Haiti
top40-charts.com - USA
... is called "Yele Haiti" and will focus on education, entrepreneurship, community development ... Yele Haiti will play a role in facilitating dialogue in all aspects... <MORE>

Fund for Sabah women entrepreneurs
Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia
... Meanwhile, Jainab said the committee was formed in line with the State Government's Halatuju (direction) with emphasis on women entrepreneurship in accordance ... <MORE>

Youth entrepreneurship development
The New Nation - Bangladesh
Near 85% people of Bangladesh live in rural areas and most of them are facing poverty. There is a migration... <MORE>

Wannabe entrepreneurs get a helping hand from Europe
ic Wales - Wales,UK
The WDA's Entrepreneurship Action Plan (EAP) confirmed yesterday it is to receive a new tranche of European Union Objective One funding over the next three ... <MORE>

Young ones with big dreams
The Malaysia Star - Malaysia
...Youth enterprise and entrepreneurship development are very essential in a country like Bangladesh because these can gear up individual... <MORE>

December 19-31

Enterprise Nation releases 2004 Yearbook
Enterprise Nation - UK
The Yearbook has been written and produced for individuals, organisations and agencies that are working to encourage and support enterprise in the UK. Readers will have access to: a summary of enterprise campaigns and initiatives launched over the past 12 months,  New ideas on how to stimulate an entrepreneurial culture in your region/organisation and the nation's first-ever directory of enterprise contacts and organisations... <MORE>

Why Jack must get to work on planning
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Jack McConnell is a feisty, energetic chap and unlikely to pass up an opportunity to declaim his New Year "Resolutions for Scotland"... the number one priority surely remains in place, rhetorically at any rate: growing Scotland’s economy... <MORE>

Global entrepreneurship comes to India
Times of India - Mumbai,India
... is one of 43 chapters worldwide of TiE Global, a not-for-profit organisation born in Silicon Valley in 1992 to support, nurture and encourage entrepreneurship... <MORE>

UK venture capitalists question government's approach to entrepreneurship
AltAssets - USA
UK venture capitalists are unimpressed by the government's efforts to put the promotion of entrepreneurship at the heart of economic policy.... <MORE>

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