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LEED device makes semi-finalist for BU’s $50K business competition
Headed by Andrea Fernandes, our solar powered pulse oximeter is now manifested into a product called Nyumba (“wildebeest” in Swahili, which happens to be one of the fastest animals in Africa!). Good luck to Andrea in the upcoming rounds!
http://www.bu.edu/itec/2011/01/10/itec-announces-50k-new-venture-competition-semi-finalists/
Minister Launches GEW / Zambia
Earlier this week, Zambia launched their Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign with some resounding words from the Zambian Minister for Sport, Youth and Child Development, Hon. Kenneth Chipungu. In a statement to the media he said:
My government of Zambia through my Ministry of Sport Youth and Child Development and other government line ministries as strong promoters of entrepreneurship and innovation among the youth has ventured in many projects to empower the youth such as: the youth development fund meant to give government loans to young entrepreneurs to start up businesses and grants for social projects. The National Technology Business Centre under the Ministry of Commerce and Trade promotes innovations and ideas development and the youth graduate empowerment programme is also another government programme being implemented through the technical colleges to support graduates with technical tools to set up business ventures. My government believes that the GEW will not only benefit the youth, but also meet several government objectives such as promoting economic empowerment, workforce development and sustainable national economic growth and development, by encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation.
Later, he went on to say:
Together, we are all shaping the next generation of entrepreneurs and economic leaders for Zambia, the COMESA Region and Africa at large…
...I therefore declare the GEW officially launched.
Hon. Chipungu later attended a number of activities in Zambia for GEW.
Read more about Global Entrepreneurship Week at their website.
Can Africa Feed Itself?
Hosted by the African Presidential Archives & Research Center (APARC) on October 1, 2010.
Does Africa have the potential to feed itself? Yes, and in the near future, says Bingu wa Mutharika, president of Malawi and current interim chair of the African Union. “Africa is not poor,” says Mutharika, who has been Malawi’s president since 2004 and has a degree in economics. The continent, he says, “has decided to shift from Afro-pessimism to Afro-optimism.”
Read the full article from BUniverse here.
Experts Discuss Energy and Development at Third Sawyer Seminar
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
On Monday, November 8, 2010, the John Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Societyconvened for its third meeting. The session entitled Energy and Development featured Joan Martínez -Alier and Paul Epstein, and was moderated by James McCann, professor of history at Boston University.
Read the full article here.
Experts Discuss Philanthropy and Disasters in Pakistan and Haiti
Hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Over a hundred people from across the Boston area gathered at Boston University on November 4, 2010, at a discussion on on the current situation with the devastating floods in Pakistan and the ongoing impacts of Haiti’s earthquake earlier this year, and in particular on the lessons that can be learnt from these two experiences about philanthropy and disasters.
Read the full article here.
Fall Speaker Series 2010: Monika Adamczyk
Hosted by Boston University Engineers Without Borders, November 18th, 2010, 7pm in Photonics Rm. 203
Monika, a programmer for Maco Tech, will cover the origin of the Crisis Commons community, with particular focus on the crisis response to the Haiti earthquake last January. Crisis Commons, borne from the Crisis Camp movement is a global network of hybrid barcamp/hackathon events, which bring together people and communities who innovate crisis response and global development through technology tools, expertise and problem solving. Her involvement with the Boston Crisis Camp activities during the Haiti response will offer a first hand look at this organization’s mission. Monika will also discuss the current state of Crisis Commons and their plans for the next few years.
*Light refreshments and pizza will be served
For more information about Crisis Commons, click here.
Amy’s work in Lusaka highlighted by BU College of Engineering
Amy's summer internship as a Lutchen Fellow at CIHDZ in Lusaka was highlighted by ECE and the College of Engineering. She worked in Zambia to develop a quantitative, systems level understanding of healthcare challenges.
Read the full article here.
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