Be Your Own Boss (Entrepreneur Movement)

     The Africa Food Prize  is the preeminent award for recognizing the extraordinary individual or institution whose contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity for all Africans. image source: utibeetim.com

     A lot has been said about money,  like how it makes the world go round and how loving it is the root of all evil.  The thoughts of most people, most of the time,  revolve around money whether directly or indirectly.  Questions like "when am I going to pay off this debt?" "who can I borrow from? " " how do I pay the bills? " are given the right to roam free in our minds .  image source : simpleeconomist.com

     As far as business finance is concerned,  crowdfunding is a relatively new term but certainly not a new method.  Crowdfunding works with the same principle as fundraising, and it basically involves soliciting for funds, large or small, from individuals.      In recent time, crowdfunding has been made easier due to the presence of websites that help nonprofit organizations, businesses and people raise money.      Crowdfunding has become a useful tool in the hands of entrepreneurs to generate capital.  Here's how it works.  Crowd

     Rockefeller Foundation Cassava Innovation Challenge, a global competition offering up to $1 million in funding to novel solutions that can increase the shelf life of cassava. Cassava Innovation Challenge 

      Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE) is a subsidiary of the National Innovation Technology Development Agency (NITDA) with the responsibilities to nurture, cultivate and expand the ICT innovation and entrepreneurship within Nigeria in line with NITDA Act 2007 and National ICT Policy. NITDA

     Failure is a terrible feeling! Forget the talk about rising up again,  being optimistic, and learning from experience , failure is a really bad thing!.  It leaves a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who experiences it and does a number on the confidence of the person affected. Photo Credit: enevada.org

     The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development.