Legatum is the owner and founder of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Legatum is a private investment group, based in Dubai, with a twenty-five year heritage of global investing. We manage a multi-billion dollar fund of proprietary capital which is allocated to businesses and programmes that promote sustainable development. For more information, please visit Legatum’s website at www.legatum.com.Legatum is pleased to be joined by Omidyar Network as a major sponsor of the 2011 Africa Awards. Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives.To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com.
The objectives of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship are:- To promote the value of entrepreneurship as a driving force of today’s Africa
- To celebrate the standards of business excellence within Africa
- To encourage small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to embrace the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship
- To build strong networks of African entrepreneurs as a source of learning and sharing of best practice
- To attract more venture capital inflows towards good businesses across Africa
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The Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship recognises and rewards business leaders who serve as role models to Africa’s aspiring entrepreneurs and who demonstrate business excellence, innovation and profitability.
Online entries may be submitted until 24 August 2011. Entry is open to all firms that have revenues between US$ 1 million to $15 million; have been profitable for at least two years; are independent, and not a subsidiary of a larger organisation; have more than 10 employees; are fully registered in their home country and free of legal actions.
One Grand Prize of US$ 100, 000 will be awarded along with five further prizes of US$ 50,00 each; two of these prizes will be reserved for businesses with less than US$ 2 million in revenue.
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