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...billionaire cell-phone entrepreneur has promised millions of dollars to chosen African heads of state—and has given a Harvard lecturer the power to influence the selection. Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese cell phone entrepreneur based in the United Kingdom, recently announced plans to offer a $5 million award to a retired sub-Saharan African head of state who he determines has demonstrated good governance while in office and democratically ceded his position to his successor. That amount is the largest prize the world has seen yet, surpassing the $1.3 million of this year’s 2006 Nobel...
...most people in the corporate world, the Caribbean is the perfect spot for that next much needed vacation. Irish entrepreneur Denis O'Brien, however, eyed the island nations and saw just one thing: customers. In 2001, O'Brien had a bit of cash burning a hole in his pocket from the $2.46 billion sale of his first telecom venture, Esat Telecom Group PLC. By chance, he came upon a small notice from the government of Jamaica announcing that it was opening its local phone market--long monopolized by British telecom giant Cable & Wireless--to competition. At the time, Jamaicans...
...colorful silkscreened squares of paper that decorate Allan P. Sahagun ’09’s common room don’t exactly scream “entrepreneur.” But Sahagun, with art projects and websites, loves to be creative. Sahagun and his brother Aaron, a 2006 University of California-Berkeley grad, recently earned a spot on BusinessWeek’s list of the 25 Best Entrepreneurs Under 25 for their social networking site, Alumwire.com. The brothers developed the site, which connects college students and recent graduates with job opportunities, as a response to their own need...
...faster, always faster." He was one of 12 men and four women, mostly in their 30s and 40s, who came from such companies as Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Hewlett-Packard and Tektronix. Someone else wanted to standardize a process at HP, a job he described as "impossible." A brilliant young entrepreneur from Massachusetts said he wanted to become a "better leader and communicator...
...features luxurious fittings, fine wines and what might be described as discriminating prices. It's aimed, says Probert, at "locals who have become more affluent and discerning." It's not just foreign investors who are targeting the city's moneyed class. Prominent Beijing nightlife entrepreneur Henry Lee has just opened Rui Fu, tel: (86-10) 6404 2711. With a tastefully understated interior and a range of expensive tipples, Rui Fu is being heralded as yet another antidote to the tawdry dance clubs that have been a mainstay of the capital's youth-oriented nightlife in recent years. But how will...