Do not miss it: RNTC Fully-funded Media & Journalism Scholarships 2021/2022 for African & Developing Countries – The Netherlands

RNTC Fully-funded Media & Journalism Scholarships 2021/2022 for African & Developing Countries – The Netherlands

ApplicatType: Short courses

Selection Criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on academic and professional merit.ion Deadline: 30th June 2020 16:00 CET.

Apply here: https://www.afterschoolafrica.com/4409/rntc-netherlands-african-developing-countries/

Eligibility Subject Areas: As of today you can apply with a scholarship for the following courses:

• Investigative journalism
• Media campaigns
• Producing media to counter radicalisation
• Using media for development

About Scholarship: The RNTC Netherlands training centre provides training for media professionals from all over the world: from journalists and programme-makers to social activists and communications professionals from non-governmental organisations. Whether you are a journalist, a blogger or a media manager, there are courses to fit your needs.

The most commonly used scholarship for RNTC courses are the NFP and MSP (MENA) scholarships. NFP stands for Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP), MSP stands for MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Scholarship Programme

Type: Short courses

Selection Criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on academic and professional merit.

Eligibility: RNTC Netherland Fellowships are available for professional journalists, programme-makers, broadcast trainers and managers coming from the countries listed below (a combined NFP list and low-middle-income countries according to the World Bank criteria).

Scholarship Benefits: An NFP or MSP scholarship will cover the full cost of your travel and visa (if required), accommodation and meals, insurance, and the course fee. The NFP and the MSP scholarship programmes are funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and administered by Nuffic, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education.

Duration: scholarships are available for courses of two weeks or longer.

Eligible African Countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Other Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen

To be taken at (country): The Netherlands

How to Apply: If you want apply for a scholarship to cover the costs of the course, you need to apply to both RNTC (for your course application) and OKP (for a fellowship).

You can apply twice a year during an ‘application window’ to see if you are eligible for a OKP or MSP scholarship. There are many more applications than there are scholarships available. Therefore, it is important that you meet all of the RNTC criteria (see individual course pages) as well as the Nuffic criteria, which you can find at the bottom of this page. If you meet all the RNTC ánd Nuffic criteria, and you would like to apply, then please follow all the steps in our How to apply page.

Apply now: Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) RLC Southern Africa Emerging Leaders Program 2020 – Online Cohort 10

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) RLC Southern Africa Emerging Leaders Program 2020 – Online Cohort 10

Application Deadline: 26 June 2020 https://bit.ly/30gXoER

The conceptualisation, development and curriculum content of the Regional Leadership Center Southern Africa (RLC SA) as led by the University of South Africa (Unisa) were heavily influenced by the developmental, political and economic dynamics of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

Requirements

Age (18-35)
English language proficiency
Portuguese speaking participants will be accommodated in the Mozambique Hub at UEM
A commitment to positively impact Africa, their own countries as well as communities
Demonstrated leadership capabilities and interest in Public Management, Entrepreneurship Development and Civic Leadership
Commitment to serve the development agenda of the African continent

Skills

Good interpersonal and communications skills
Knowledge of youth leadership and development issues
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Demonstrate the ability to work in a small or large team setting
Proven computer skills
Cultural sensitivity
Positive attitude
Dedication, responsibility and reliability

Opportunity for Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and (€500,000 in Funding)

Orange Ventures MEA Seed Challenge 2020 for Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and 

(€500,000 in Funding)

Application Deadline: July 19th 2020 https://bit.ly/3gWSkLP

The Orange Ventures MEA Seed Challenge aims to give entrepreneurs in Africa and the Middle East the means to launch and develop their business.

This challenge targets seed ventures with high growth potential and predominantly new technologies driven. Entrepreneurs in this region often experience more difficulties in accessing financing due to the low number of active investors, especially for seed investments. Investing in and supporting these entrepreneurs is key to the continent’s development and an important issue for Orange, which wishes to increase its co-operation with these innovation players.

Requirements

You have a bold vision with passion for disruption and expansion

You are willing to partner with Orange

You are a tech-driven start-up

You are mainly operating in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Sénégal, Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan

You run Seed stage company, you have not raised more than €1m in total equity funding

Benefits

If you are selected, we will provide you with:

– An equity investment up to €150k

– A direct Point of Contact among Orange’s subsidiary in your country to facilitate and support your company in its development

– [For the 1st prize] A 3-month incubation program with our partner Seedstars

30 INTERVIEWS and no one HIRED!

30 INTERVIEWS and no one HIRED! 

Yet another friend telling me she can not find good talent. My thinking is, if you interviewed 30 people and did not hire someone, maybe it's time to start looking in the mirror. The problem is many recruiters and hiring managers are searching for the perfect candidate. NEWSFLASH! - There is no "perfect" candidate.

If you have someone with the right attitude and skill set and they fit in with the team, why not --- HIRE them? There are so many qualified individuals still job searching. Yet I see the same jobs being re-posted over and over again, being left vacant for months.

Who took a chance on you? Maybe it's time you a took chance on someone.
Agree?

#HumanResources #Jobs #Careers 

The power of Marketing! How do you outsell the competition?

Let's say you are selling the same product as 3 other people at the same price, but sometimes their price is lower. How do you outsell the competition?

Remember no one wins in a price war! You have to find ways to differentiate yourself by providing something valuable for your customers. 

1 It is never about price; it's always about customer service, value and building a relationship with your customer. In my dealer experience background we could give consumers deals where we would lose money and they would still not purchase but when we follow the steps to a sale, offer world class service and providing a great experience they would pay more, we would sell more and our customers would be very satisfied. This is the hardest concept to grasp for salespeople because they always think the lowest price wins when it's the exact opposite. The people that paid the lowest; the company made no money, customer is still not satisfied because it's their only buying price, and your reputation gets impacted that you sell at such a low costs.

If can you explicit better service, convenience, personable experience, branding, building relationships, actively involved with public, than you will set yourself apart from the competition no matter what they sell.

2 You have to find ways to differentiate yourself by providing something valuable for your customers. Can be things like longer warranty, free shipping, etc. Maybe you have better customer support. You can also make a better job of present the value message for just your customers and focus on a particular segment of the market that value just those differentiators:

1. Research: In order to price right, companies has to do research into their marketplace. The research need to anonymous and it has to reach statistical significance.

2. Willingness to pay: Using advanced research technologies, it is possible to accurately measure what a marketplace is willing to pay for just your product or services and specifically for the unique benefits your products or service provide to customers.

3. Drivers: A driver is something about your product or service that influence your customers' willingness to buy and to pay. Decision drivers increase willingness to buy, value drivers increase willingness to pay. Drivers are not limited to product/service features/functions/benefits but they are also how you position the company, how you go to market, your marketing messages and how customer perceive your company and product/service compared to competition and alternatives.

4. Segmentation: Deep and detailed segmentation based on socioeconomics, value drivers, decision drivers and willingness to pay generates a treasure trove of hard data about your market.

5. Tying it all together: From this process you get:

- What market segment has the highest willingness to buy and to pay. What product features/benefits and marking messages resonate specifically well with this segment and where, and how, do they want to learn about your product or service.

- What specific price level will generate the highest market share, what specific price level will generate the highest revenue and profits.

- What specific pricing structure generates the highest market share and revenue.

- What marketing messages and positioning statement is most effective in driving conversion.

- How much will your pricing of one product/services cannibalize sales of competing product/services. How can you set your pricing to minimize cannibalization of your other products/service.

- In short, you get a recipe for how to price "right", how to market "right" and how to sell "right".

6. Some short case studies:

- Company selling exercise programs to gyms: Flat revenues for years. Four small price changes and the company stared to grow at 5% every month.

- Specialty music streaming: Had been in business for years. Never made a profit. Set the price structure "right" and it become profitable over night.

- Conference organizer: Three price changes added $7m to the bottom line

- Microfiber manufacturer: One price change added 20% revenue and doubled profit.

3 Price is not the only lever to pull. You can outsell by focusing on for example better customer service, better payment terms, better returns policy, more options for delivery, providing more online support content and so…

If you’re going to compete on price, you might like to check-out How to Price a Product in a Competitive Market. But a word of warning… Remember no one wins in a price war!

The important thing is not necessarily what makes you different but how you message it. You need to educate your client in both marketing messages and sales calls why this (support/reputation/terms) is important to them as well as plant that FUD regarding your competitors that are lacking it.

Situação pré-coronavírus. Mais de quatro milhões desempregados em Angola.

Situação pré-coronavírus. Angola conta com mais de quatro milhões de desempregados.

 

Desde que o Estado angolano decretou o estado de emergência, hotéis fecharam as portas, centenas de pessoas perderam empregos, muitos jovens perderam entrevistas já agendadas, dezenas de pessoas morreram de fome, os crimes aumentaram e os restaurantes reduziram a produção porque não devem, por enquanto, ter clientes nos seus espaços.

Segundo uma nota do Instituto Nacional de Estatística, a que a Angop teve acesso em Março de 2020, a população desempregada com 15 ou mais anos, estimada em 4.627.158 pessoas, aumentou em 8,3% (356.053 pessoas) em relação ao terceiro trimestre de 2019 (4.271.105 cidadãos).

As mulheres continuam a ser mais afetadas pelo desemprego do que os homens, com uma taxa de 33,5% contra 30% para os homens, e a taxa de desemprego na área urbana (42,6%) é cerca de três vezes superior à da área rural (17.0%).

Nos últimos dois meses, extinguiram-se cerca de 4 mil postos de trabalho em Angola e os setores da hotelaria e da restauração estão à beira da falência, devido à pandemia. Estes factores levam sindicatos a pedir fundo de desemprego. A DW África, conta que nestes dois meses de estado de emergência as dificuldades são imensas para as empresas, porque a restauração não está autorizada a voltar ao funcionamento normal, como está a ocorrer com os outros setores.

The history of the company Talentos Multiplus

  BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ORGANISATION 

Talentos Multiplus.com, LLC is the first Angolan private_youth-led non-profit online organization and a prominent cloud services provider that produces different philanthropic activities in form of online webisodes.

WHO WE ARE?

We are relentless innovators, chosen to develop, test, and implement solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges in six focus areas: education, environment and climate change, gender equality and human rights, zero hunger, poverty alleviation, and public health.

We are the first and only multifunctional digital startup, with a mega platform focused on the socio-economic development of Africa whose products cover the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations.

Our mission

We intend to create a community cooperative with a sustainable activity model that empowers women living below the poverty line. Since 2019, we have been promoting and developing sustainable community development projects with great Social Impact bringing awareness about illiteracy among women and girls, Covid-19 consequences, social and digital integration and inclusion, environment, climate change, education and combating hunger and poverty in Angola.

Inspirations

Our work target youth around the world - the next generation of consumers and change-makers - to show that sustainable living is easy, cool and fun.

We create community campaigns that generate real business results and helps our target market leap ahead of their competitors. 

Talentos Multiplus Web Services is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform. The company was originally personal blog, online news and a book seller but intendes to be expanded to produce a wide variety of consumer goods, reusable items and digital media products as well. 

Talentos Multiplus is headquartered in Luanda, Angola. The company has individual websites and is planning to have  fulfillment centers in many locations around the world.

The Multi Talents company was founded by its owner Engineer Sofonie Doroteia  Manuel Dala in December 2019 in Luanda, Angola. Officially registered in the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in  July 2020, to play a major role in the modernization of the Republic of  Angola. 

The company  started as an online blog and marketplace for books, entertainments,  breaking news and online education for out of school women, girls and disabled  people. In the future the company will be expanded to commerce and  produce other items. 

S.D. Multi Talents is a multifaceted start-up that will offer a myriad of  services and products across trading, engineering, oil and gas,  mining, consulting, education, digital media, TI, marketing, digital, social,  climate change, environmental, agricultural and food solutions, human development and other  services. Currently, the company is a sole proprietorship and online  based with a small office where the founder develops ideas. 

So far, the company operates as self-funded without receiving any profit yet.

Our start up operates on a sliding scale program donation. We are looking for donors, investors, sponsors and any kind of support that you can offer.

Finding opportunities where others don’t.