In Entrepreneurship skills are “the great equalizer.”

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Written by Evan Carmichael “Every now and then I like to pick up a copy of Time magazine and read every article from beginning to end, not just the articles that interest me most,” says Gates. “That way you can be certain to learn something you didn’t know previously.” Learning is an essential ingredient of any […]

The Acceleration Trap – Ideas for Leaders.

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Faced with intense market pressures, corporations often take on more than they can handle: They increase the number and speed of their activities, raise performance goals, shorten innovation cycles, and introduce new management technologies or organizational systems. For a while, they succeed brilliantly, but too often the CEO tries to make this furious pace the […]

Young Leaders Tackling Nigeria’s Social Issues

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Congratulations to our 2017 Fellows! LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme (SIP) is a one year fellowship which supports talented young social innovators, whose ideas and initiatives offer effective and creative solutions to challenges in local communities across Nigeria. Through training and strategic support systems, the Fellows are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to sustain and scale […]

Social Entrepreneurship: Challenging The Status Quo

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How can we make society better? This is a question that resonates with every social entrepreneur. An integral part of development in Africa in the last two decades has been as a result of the rise of some spectacular groups of individuals changing the status quo to advance Africa. In year 2004, LEAP Africa began […]