Africa Report

All you Need to grow your business in Africa

Africa Report’s goal is firstly to inspire and inform African businesses about starting or expanding a business. Africa Report uses a series of Television Programs to reach out to the African public. The Africa Report Internet website and business platform www.africareport.com provides a vast source of information and practical tools for entrepreneurs to move forward on developing their business. Additionally, businesses are reached through weekly Newsletters and local Seminars. Secondly Africa Report aims to connect African businesses to relevant stakeholders on a local, regional and international level. This is being done through the online platform Business Opportunities, that gives both local as well as international investors and support organisations the chance to connect to businesses, and vice versa. Combined, the Africa Report television programmes, website with business opportunities, finance and assistance fill an important void in overall information dissemination, communication and connection on business development in Africa. Africa Report is created by the Media for Business Development Foundation (www.mbdf.org) in the Netherlands, a non-profit foundation that gets support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other organisations in The Netherlands and Switzerland.Private individuals or organizations (‘Parties’) registering through www.africareport.com or using its services such as Business Opportunities acknowledge to have read, understood and accepted these General Terms and Conditions.

Africa Report is an initiative of the Media for Business Development Foundation. The project is actively supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation, ICCO, Doen Foundation, Helvetas (Switzerland) and Heineken International.

Africa Report strives to promote sustainable SME development across the African continent. Economic development alleviates poverty and stabilises a country. Weekly TV programmes broadcast all over Africa, showcasing good practice and successful entrepreneurs, help to inspire and inform the African public about starting and growing sustainable businesses.

Showing a wide African audience how other Africans have turned opportunities into successes. Showing how applying emerging concepts of corporate social responsibility creates new opportunities for small enterprises. Exposure to successful entrepreneurs and businesses is a key instrument in triggering entrepreneurial people.

Goals of the project include:

• Informing the public on entrepreneurship

• Showcasing business opportunities to potential entrepreneurs thereby inspiring them to follow suit

• Supplying information that assists African entrepreneurs to take the next step in developing their business

• Stimulating broadcasters to air programmes that address SME development

• Securing www.africareport.com as a leading portal for African SME development