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ANDE’s South Africa Launch Reception
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs is excited to hold our South Africa Launch on November 18th, 6-8pm, in Cape Town. This reception, co-hosted by the Kauffman Foundation, the IFC, and Witts Business School, is part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration in South Africa. Please see the formal invitation for more details.
Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 16-22nd, is a worldwide campaign to inspire youth around the world to start something different. To challenge themselves. To think big. Schools, businesses, non-profits, and individual volunteers around the world help organize events during the Week that encourage communities to think with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset. Last year’s Week involved over 25,000 events hosted by 8,892 Partners that were attended by more than 3 million people in 77 countries.
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and the Digital Equity Accelerator will host a conversation exploring the state of digital inclusion for entrepreneurs, opportunities for increasing momentum on the Global Goals, and to hear from innovative leaders around the world that are building the next generation of leaders in digital equity.
The ANDE Investment Manager Training course is the only course of its kind which provides a comprehensive overview of investing in small and growing businesses.
The ANDE Annual Conference is a destination event for executives in the SGB sector and hosts close to 300 attendees from 50 countries, representing some of the largest international NGOs, as well as leading local entrepreneur support organizations, private foundations, bi/multi-lateral organizations, and global corporations.
The ANDE Annual Conference is the largest gathering of ANDE members from around the globe and is excited to welcome former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright as the 2019 ANDE Annual Conference keynote speaker.
This Society of Fellows Discussion Reception will feature Daily Beast and CNN Contributor Kimberly Dozier. She was previouslyThe AP’s intelligence writer, traveling to cover the conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and spent 17 years as an award-winning CBS News foreign and national security correspondent.
The highly interactive agenda features workshops on solutions to common challenges, networking sessions, and plenaries with leading thinkers in the Small and Growing Business space.
