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Athena Foods Is All Natural Food Company In Ghana

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The CEO of Athena Foods is a scientist who – capitalising upon a successful career with Kraft Foods (US) – chose to return to Ghana to apply his skills and knowledge and make a contribution to his home country. On identifying an opportunity to enter the juice processing market, and building on a successful World Bank pineapple cultivation initiative, he invested his personal assets to start Athena Foods which today processes several varieties of pineapples and oranges. The concentrates are mostly exported with a small portion retained for local consumption.

 

The company’s customer base has grown through word of mouth rather than the company aggressively seeking out new customers. They have also recently signed on Coca Cola as a customer.

 

“We produce high quality all natural tropical juices and concentrates according to international standards and specifications for distribution in existing channels at competitive prices.”

Anamazing Workshop Is The King of Digital Animation in South Africa

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The company produces a highly specialized, knowledge intensive product aimed at a clearly identified target segment, with focused plans for future growth and expansion. Under the entrepreneurial leadership of Founder and Executive Producer Isabelle Rorke, Anamazing is the only South African production house producing long-form animated content, and is recognised for its strong technical service delivery. According to leading industry figures, Anamazing’s product quality and storytelling ability is higher than some Hollywood animators.
Founding partner and creative producer Isabelle Rorke is a self-taught entrepreneur with a background in both print and broadcast journalism. Anamazing puts its goal like this:

 

“We produce high end 3D animated TV series and film as well as live action TV series and film. Our vision is to become the leading creators of African animation content that will have both cross-cultural appeal and successfully compete at global standards. Anamazing’s sister company, APTI (Animation Production Training Institute), pairs interns with permanent staff to develop skills through on-the-job training and production experience.”

 

 

Type of company: Animation company

Founded: 2000

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Startup capital: R20,000 (US$ 2,000)

 

Craft Silicon Is Simply Crafting Software Solutions for Banking, Microfinance, mPayments and ePayments

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Craft Silicon is a global software company, based in Kenya, providing software solutions for core banking, microfinance, switching and electronic and mobile payments across 4 continents.

When the wheels of time turn, the dynamics of most industries change. The Finance sector is no difference because over the years since over the years, it has evolved through the cycles of boom and downturn, which has challenged the functioning of all allied fields. Furthermore, the phenomenon of globalization has added new dimensions to this already volatile sector.

At Craft Silicon we have, since our inception in 1998, stayed ahead of the ever-changing times, with our core expertise in the domain of providing customised software solutions for the financial sector. How did we succeed in this? Simple. We never believed in waiting for the future to evolve, we rather shaped it with our lateral thinking and radical view of things.

Each passing day, we have reignited our passion of delivering world-class solutions with one question, ‘Is there a better and different way of doing things?’

Opportunities at the base of the pyramid are driving the buzz today. One of the most significant areas in this category around the world is Microfinance. Craft Silicon, in recognition of the bright prospects and the opportunities, has developed BRmfs (Bankers Realm Core Microfinance Solution) that helps manage small to large customer records, volumes of transactions, portfolios, profits and also analyze the risk factors. BR MFS Solution is now running on our high end web platform – BR .Net.

Craft Silicon’s MFI offering also provides its partners with alternate channels such as POS and mobile banking that allows businesses to provide online, real time and secure services to customers even in remote areas. The limitless scope and convenience offered could be testified by over 200 satisfied Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), in over 32 countries around the world

Some Upcoming Conferences or Events In Nigeria – LinuxFest, DrupalCamp, etc

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The following are some events or conferences which are planned in Lagos  or Abuja in the near future. If you know more, please let us know. Thank you.

  1. LinuxFest, Lagos

    Nigeria / Lagos

    28th30th October 2011

  2. Drupal Camp, Lagos

    Nigeria / Lagos

    7th9th October 2011

  3. Mobile Web West Africa 2012

    Nigeria / Lagos

    13th15th March 2012

  4. The African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons – IDLELO

    Nigeria / Abuja

    Online conference

    19th23rd March 2012

  5. Startup Weekend Lagos

    Nigeria / Lagos

    9th11th September 2011

 

LinuxFest is a free event, focused on grassroots evangelism of Linux and other Open source software projects. During the event, conference attendees listen to a number of presentations and make contact with a number of companies and non-profit organizations who share an interest in open source software. The event raises money through a raffle and by charging commercial vendors a donation fee for their booths. This allows the festival to stay free for all who wish to come, while raising enough money to fly in popular speakers.

[Prepare] Startup Weekend Lagos Announced: Sept 9 – 11

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Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups!

 

Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable.  On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds.

 

Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.

 

It is coming to Lagos as follows and anyone can participate:

 

September 9th – 11th

Canton Concourse

Lagos

 

Startup Weekends are all about learning through the act of creating.  Don’t just listen to theory, build your own strategy and test it as you go

 

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour startup event that provides the networking, resources, and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch. Startup Weekend’s motto: Build Community. Start Companies. No Talk. All Action. In conjunction with local facilitators around the world, Startup Weekend is run by two guys out of Seattle, WA. Together, we are our own community of passionate entrepreneurs on a mission to help other entrepreneurs and facilitate innovation.

 

The event is open to anyone interested in the local entrepreneurial community, and it puts them in a setting where anything is possible. In the past 3 years, 550+ startups have started, 22,000+ entrepreneurs have been inspired. Teams have even started to generate revenue during the 54hr event, and others have even gone on to direct angel and VC investment. None of these stats take into account the amazing networking, ongoing professional relationships, and amazing experience that happen at every event.