The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission invites African and Diaspora entrepreneurs to participate in the Scaling Up Your Business Bootcamp to be held from April 27th – 29th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A unique opportunity for entrepreneurs with an African Diaspora background whose businesses have outgrown the start-up phase and are looking to transition into full-scale operations with the right financial and technical capacity support. The Bootcamp offers fifteen African and Diaspora Small and Medium Size Entrepreneurs an opportunity to acquire the tools to bring their businesses to scale through an intensive program consisting of training, self-learning, advisory services, and mentoring. In the three days, participants gain the necessary skills to:

• Remodel their business plan for growth in a lean way
• Analyze the gaps between now and their planned future
• Present their ideas to potential partners or clients in a concise/ visual manner (Business Canvas)
• Mobilize resources (finance, know how, networks)
• Be a Role Model to other SME entrepreneurs

In addition, this program enables participants to meet with seasoned entrepreneurs and mentors to expand their network. In order to apply, kindly click here for detailed instructions.

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From October 10th to 13th PAC Ambassadors were in attendance at the 2012 African Leadership Network Conference in Accra, Ghana in order to meet, interact and forge bonds with fellow dynamic African leaders that are pursuing bold partnerships and exciting growth opportunities across the African continent.

The African Leadership Network (ALN) is the premier community of young, dynamic and influential leaders in Africa. ALN aims to catalyze prosperity in Africa by:

1. Celebrating and promoting entrepreneurship as the surest way for Africa to achieve prosperity, and;
2. creating and strengthening relationships between leaders in Africa such that these relationships can lead to greater intra-African trade, investment, partnership and collaboration.

ALN measures its success by how many jobs its members create, how much investment is attracted into and across Africa as a result of its members’ collaboration, how much innovation and creativity is unleashed as a result of its members’ partnerships, and how many ordinary African lives are ultimately changed as a result of its members’ working together.

For additional information, visit: www.africanleadershipnetwork.com