AFRICA GEARS UP FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL POWER-SHARING BY ACTIVATING SOCIAL CAPITAL!

Internationally, South Africa is regarded as one of the powerhouses of African business. It’s a continent leader in all spheres of industry and sets the standard for economic development. It’s ‘Alive with Possibility’!

With this firmly in mind, BAM Strategic Marketing has embarked on an exciting initiative. An all-embracing initiative that will help realise opportunities for all Africans across the continent (any age, race, or creed) – by enhancing and empowering the entrepreneurial spirit of any business-minded person - from Cape to Cairo!

This is the African Entrepreneur Project and its heart will beat in the hub of the continent’s business capital – South Africa! Launched in Polokwane in November 2009, the project will then extend to most major Africa cities, such as Lagos, Luanda, Nairobi etc.

It is founded on cultivating a culture of Africans taking charge, ‘rolling up their sleeves’ and doing real things as opposed to ‘remote control operations’. In this way, Africa can control its destiny and avoid any worst-case scenarios which can cost it its sovereignty and survival as a business nation.

In the words of Morare Manaka, founder and CEO of BAM Strategic Marketing and also the pioneer of the project, “African Entrepreneur is about activating social capital within a highly knowledge-based entrepreneurship ‘village”, focused on the following:

- Empowering of business ideas
- Networking and exchange of business experiences
- Exposure to global business practices
- Smart funding concepts for business growth”