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“Redefining your limits is what makes great athletes — and great entrepreneurs.”— Unknown
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Category Archives: Afropreneurship
An Evening with John Doerr- Why He is Betting on AI and Amazon!
This past Tuesday, I had the honor of attending a talk and spending some time with John Doerr, astute American Investor and venture capitalist who was an early investor in tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Twitter, Compaq, Netscape, Sun … Continue reading
Posted in Afropreneurship, branding, Education, Global Health, Innovation, Investment
Tagged Africa, ai, amazon, Doerr, Innovation, John, kpcb
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Mark Zuckerberg’s First Coming….To Nigeria
It is no longer news that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder was in Nigeria this week. The visit which came as a surprise to many ( I heard the rumours a few days earlier but couldn’t confirm till he got into … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship
Tagged Africa, andela, angel, cchub, facebook, investor, Kenya, mark, zuckerberg
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Balancing Contentment and Ambition
We all struggle with being content with what we have achieved, and yet not falling into the zone of complacency. There is always the danger that desiring to achieve more may leave you unhappy with what you have already achieved. … Continue reading
Posted in Afropreneurship, branding, Education, Uncategorized
Tagged ambition, balance, contentment, growth, inspiration, motivation, rose
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Running to Rome!
“Redefining your limits is what makes great athletes — and great entrepreneurs.”— Unknown October 2013 found me on my way to Rome for the 2nd Rome Forum organized by the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance – a network of highly educated young … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Harambe, Innovation, Investment, Rome, Social Enterprise, social venture capital, Uncategorized, Vatican, wennovation
Tagged Africa, entrepreneurship, Google, Harambe, Innovation, italy., mckinsey, rome, twitter
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Focus on your expectations, not your limitations!
Warning: This is going to be a long post. Grab some popcorn! First things first. This blog is now officially two years old. Hurray! Seems like just yesterday, September 2011 when I left for Oxford to begin to live life … Continue reading
Posted in Afropreneurship, branding, Fitness, Global Health, Uncategorized
Tagged coach, Education, fitness, goals, houston, inspiration, marathon, motivation
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How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future- CNN Feature
So my work got featured recently on CNN. See below; How ‘Afropreneurs’ will shape Africa’s future (CNN) — His full name is Idris Ayodeji Bello, but you might just call him “Afropreneur.” That’s the buzzword adopted by the young Nigerian … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, branding, Education, education innovation, Global Health
Tagged Africa, Africa CGIU Clinton Nigeria Leadership Youth Idris Bello Afropreneur Oxford, africa cnn health oxford, Afropreneur, and health science program., china-africa, Clinton, cnn, Innovation, MIT Istanbul Africa Innovation Oxford Startup Ushahidi Cashmere Afropreneur, Nigeria, obama, wennovation
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Making the Case for Youth Leadership in Africa!
313 delegates, 512 Livestream viewers, 750 GooglePlus Hangout participants, 13 speakers, and 6 sponsors! With the theme “Building Capacity for a New Generation: The Case for Youth Leadership in Africa”, the 2012 Oxford University Pan Africa Conference held on 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, branding, Education, Investment, Nigeria, Oxford, Social Enterprise
Tagged Africa, Central Bank, China, Google, Hadeel Ibrahim, Idris Bello, Kenya, Kingwa, Liehui, Matthew Kukah, Mo Ibrahim, Nigeria, oxford, PanAfricanism, sanusi, Touchroad, Worl Bank, Youth leadership
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The Wennovation Hub- A True Business Incubator
It’s difficult to believe that the first two months of the year have gone by this quick. I have not had the luxury to blog as often as I would have, given the fast pace of things. Trying to juggle … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Innovation, Investment, Nigeria, Social Enterprise, wennovation
Tagged anzisha, funding, hub, Nigeria, wennovation
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Off to Cape Town:Roundtable Discussion with Honorable Trevor A. Manuel and Africa’s Social Entrepreneurs
The next few weeks are already showing up to be hectic, which is why when I drew up my study plan for my April exams, I myself doubted if I was ever going to abide by it with all the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Flights, Global Health, Harambe, Innovation, Oxford, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, business, Cape Town, CGIU, Clinton, Harambe, Health, Innovation
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Why are you getting a degree in Global Health?
Why do you need a third Masters degree? You mean you left a job in an oil company to go back to school? Are you a doctor? How does your past education and experience tie in with this degree? I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Global Health, Innovation, Nigeria, Oxford, Social Enterprise
Tagged Africa, apple, business, commerce, Education, energy, Health, Innovation, inspiration, motivation, oxford, rice, steven jobs, technology
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Tweets from Rome: Weaning Africa off Aid; One Enterprise at at Time
In response to my recent call in the Huffington Post for less focus on Aid to Africa, and rather an increase in support for investments and enterprise, there were a lot of cynical comments, and other more respectful responses. I … Continue reading
God Bless America, God Help Africa! – Of Rome, Afropreneurship, and Lost Passports
September 1, 2011 was not meant to be like any other day prior to it. Even I knew that, and had eagerly awaited the day. After all, it was going to be the first day of my post-Chevron career. After … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Afropreneurship, Education, Flights, Harambe, Innovation, Investment, Nigeria, Oxford, Rome, Social Enterprise, Vatican
Tagged Africa, Education, Entrepreneur, Harambe, Investment, Vatican
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The Afropreneur - Idris Ayodeji Bello 