Africa


19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now -- Ethan Zuckerman

There are millions of blogs out there. And most of them aren't worth your time. So we scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest bloggers, who j...  Read story

Into Africa

Yes, you can do business there.  Read story

Meet the Bill Gates of Ghana

Brash, ambitious, and optimistic, Herman Chinery-Hesse has already accomplished what many considered impossible -- building a thriving tech business in his n...  Read story

Feelin' Groovy?

Which nations have the happiest entrepreneurs and which have a problem.  Read story

Animal Chic

Putting a tiger in your tank is out. Renting one for your office is in. Marine World Africa U.S.A., a wildlife and theme park in Redwood City, Calif., cl...  Read story

SBA Signs on to Promote Trade with Africa

July 23, 2004 -- Last week the U.S. Small Business Administration opened up its borders when it signed an alliance with the American and ...  Read story

Cross-Cultural/International Communication

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SBA Heading to Africa

The Small Business Administration will be leading a forum in Ghana next week focusing on sub-Saharan Africa's small and midsize business sector, the agenc...  Read story

The Believer

The Harvard M.B.A., the Fortune 500 experience, the connections that come with both--those are just some of the reasons Selena Cuffe can pretty much write he...  Read story

Emerging Markets: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Staying Sane, Safe, and Profitable

We at Kemin have been doing business internationally for more than three decades. A few years after our founding in 1961, a Chinese graduate student at Co...  Read story

Developing Effective Vision and Mission Statements

"It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business." -- Gertrude Stein In one of my first jobs out of college, the F...  Read story

Blue is the New Green

Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short...  Read story

Pat McGovern's Tips for Business Travelers

Make Packing a Reflex Action As much as possible, I pack the same items in the same way for each trip. I can pack my bags for a two...  Read story

Report Casts Doubt on Giving Small Loans to Poor Entrepreneurs

Global microfinance programs may not help reduce overall poverty in the developing world, new research shows.  Read story

Be Good. But Be Careful

Before launching an overseas charity, ask yourself these questions.  Read story

We Asked, You Answered

Has the Economy Got You Down? In the November Editor's Letter, we asked you to tell us how you are dealing with the current economic crisis....  Read story

No Service, No Sale

Turning down a sale is tough. After all, selling is what salespeople are trained and paid to do. But, if Multiplex can't provide foreign customers in remo...  Read story

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be?

E-Commerce and Internet in Business mentor Jakob Nielsen responds to the following questions: What do you think the most impor...  Read story

Newsgroups and Blogs

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In a Former Life: George Bell

GEORGE BELL, 42 President of Excite@Home Present life: Bell, formerly the CEO of Internet portal Read story

Who's Thinking About Exporting?

Chart showing percentage of companies interested in various exporting regions.  Read story

In the Global Village

New business discovers new drugs through an international network of botanists indigenous peoples.  Read story

Mail

Rocket Man As I read Max Chafkin's article about Elon Musk ["Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: screening potential customers; opening out-of-state offices; investigating foreign banks; and taming the anxiety of starting your own bu...  Read story

Ask Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons on mixing philanthropy and business.  Read story

Cashing In on Clean Technology

Despite the credit crunch and falling oil prices, venture capitalists say green energy is still a good bet.  Read story

Inc. Magazine Archives

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Small Technical Firms Get New Export Boost

Just 12% of this country's gross national product is generated by international trade, and almost all of it is carried out by our largest corporations. T...  Read story

Getting Money for Good Ideas

Business plan competitions are growing in popularity, with social entrepreneurship contests proving a particularly burgeoning niche. These reward business...  Read story

Who Are the 8 over 80? - Octogenarian - Entrepreneur - Retirement

Why 80 Is the New 30 Forget shuffleboard and croquet. With Ameri...  Read story

Consumer Advocacy

Consumer advocacy refers to actions taken by individuals or groups to promote and protect the interests of the buying public. Historically, consumer advoc...  Read story

Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - John Bicket and Sanjit Biswas, Meraki

#22 John Bicket #23 Sanjit Biswas Meraki Age: 28 (Bicket) and 26 (Bi...  Read story

6 CEOs Share Their Biggest Regrets

Successful entrepreneurs talk about what they would do differently if they were starting their businesses today.  Read story

Money for 'Pre-Export'

Barry Grimes-Hardie went to a specialized trading company for capital to front an export deal.  Read story

Managing Telecommuters

Working with and managing telecommuters takes managerial buy-in as well as workers who work well independently.  Read story

Entrepreneurs to Benefit from Buffett Windfall

Warren Buffett's blockbuster gift of about $31 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is great news for aspiring business owners in the developin...  Read story

30 Profiles of Resilience in Business

You just can't keep an entrepreneur down, as these tales of leadership and overcoming obstacles illustrate  Read story

Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be? How best can owners position their companies to take advantage of it? We pose...  Read story

How Bribery and Other Types of Corruption Threaten the Global Marketplace

In Turkey, the apartment buildings that collapse during earthquakes are known as "bribe buildings." In Africa, bridges dot the landscape with no roads to con...  Read story

How I Did It: Jerry Torres, Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions

As told to Max Chafkin Industry Leader: Government Services Three-Year Growth: Read story