Comments on: Believe, Begin, Become http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/07/believe-begin-become/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BRE http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/07/believe-begin-become/comment-page-1/#comment-348119 BRE Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:54:56 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-348119 There were many interesting, wonderful news stories that came out of this TED Global 2007 conference in Arusha, but the B3 (Believe, Begin, Become) launch in Tanzania is one of the most inspiring. We (the Global Citzens of the world) need to see a lot more initiatives and programs like Believe, Begin, Become rollout all across the African continent. My question for the B3 folks is this: How do interested investors and foreign businesses get involved in helping to expand and strenghthen this program? Is it open only to large corporate and major foundation sponsors like Cargill, Lenovo, USAID, Google.org, and Standard Bank or can the little guys get involved too? If the "experiment" turns out to be a big success over the next 3-5 years this program can become a massive vehicle for direct foreign investment into African SME's. What's the ante to get into the game (serious)? There were many interesting, wonderful news stories that came out of this TED Global 2007 conference in Arusha, but the B3 (Believe, Begin, Become) launch in Tanzania is one of the most inspiring. We (the Global Citzens of the world) need to see a lot more initiatives and programs like Believe, Begin, Become rollout all across the African continent.

My question for the B3 folks is this:

How do interested investors and foreign businesses get involved in helping to expand and strenghthen this program? Is it open only to large corporate and major foundation sponsors like Cargill, Lenovo, USAID, Google.org, and Standard Bank or can the little guys get involved too? If the “experiment” turns out to be a big success over the next 3-5 years this program can become a massive vehicle for direct foreign investment into African SME’s. What’s the ante to get into the game (serious)?

]]> By: Kim Brearley http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/07/believe-begin-become/comment-page-1/#comment-331743 Kim Brearley Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:37:39 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-331743 Ethan, Thank you for telling our story! The Tanzanian Business Plan Competition Team at TechnoServe is excited to launch this initiative here after having so many exciting experiences in other countries. Please visit our website to learn more about the program! Thanks, The Tanzanian Believe Begin Become Team! Ethan,

Thank you for telling our story! The Tanzanian Business Plan Competition Team at TechnoServe is excited to launch this initiative here after having so many exciting experiences in other countries. Please visit our website to learn more about the program!

Thanks,

The Tanzanian Believe Begin Become Team!

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