Volunteer for the Month of August
Tell us about yourself (Name, job title, current location, interests, hobbies, favourite travel destination, and length of stay with Sahara) Temi Adeniran. Finance head, Asharami Uganda limited, Kampala Uganda. I’m a lover of sports most especially football (watching and playing), reading finance & cultural-related books, as well as watching comedy movies and skits. I […]
Sahara Impact Fund Past Fellow
“My journey started during my undergraduate days. It started as a community initiative. We used to go from one rural community to another, doing advocacy and sensitization on sustainable environment. It was during these times, that I realized that plastic waste was a serious problem in Nigeria. This is how PetPoint technology came about. The […]
Sahara Impact Fund Past Fellows
“I got to learn about the Sahara impact fund through a friend. The link was sent to me and I looked through the form. I knew I met all the criteria listed in the form, so I filled the form, submitted and waited. When they reached out to me, my excitement knew no bound. Being […]
Sahara Impact Fund Past Fellows
“My name is Tayo, and I’m a co-founder of Uwana energy; a clean energy company that provides solar home systems and solar installations for small businesses and large organizations, depending energy needs. The dreams started during my National Youth service year. Though a trained lawyer, I wanted to get involved in an industry that could […]
Sahara Foundation Graduates Inaugural Cohort of the Sahara Impact Fund- “The Resilient Cohort”
In October 2020, Sahara Foundation conceptualized the Sahara Impact Fund (“SIF”)- a strategic partnership between Sahara Foundation, Ford Foundation, LEAP Africa and Impact Investment Foundation created to support the generation of innovative solutions which will increase access to clean energy, promote sustainable environments all targeted at accelerating attainment of the SDGs in a manner […]
Sahara Foundation STEAMERs Program
Sahara Foundation in partnership with STEM café conceptualized the “catch them young and curious” Sahara STEAMERs programme in 2021. The Sahara STEAMERs Programme is a school-based science and innovation Fellowship for secondary school students in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda. The programme aims to raise 150 smart technologists with creative confidence, deep understanding of embedded systems, […]
SALES FUNNELING. KNOWING YOUR PRICING STRATEGY
The aim of every business is to get their products and services to the customer in exchange of monetary values. Similarly, every customer acquires products and services in exchange for a monetary price. In order to obtain a competitive price and edge for products and services, every organization must devise a way or strategy for […]
VALUE CHAIN VS SUPPLY CHAIN. WEIGHING THE DIFFERENCES
Value Chain & Supply Chain are two basic concepts of the business sector as they encompass every activity and process from the production of products, till it gets to the end consumers. Understanding their concepts, similarities and differences, gives a solid foundation in the business sector. Value Chain The term value chain refers to the […]
ELEMENTS OF MARKETING MIX. THE 8P’s, EXTENDED
The success of every business goes beyond having the best ideas and quality, of services and products. Because your business solves a major problem, or beats your competitors in terms of quality doesn’t necessarily convert to high sales and patronage. Branding, value creation, advertisement and marketing are very important tools in boosting the visibility and […]
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGIA CONSERVATION
In the face of climate changes, we must ensue some form of adaptive resistance which seeks to preserve, as much as possible, the historical structure, composition, and function of the ecosystem. One of the primary resistance strategies is to ‘identify and preserve’ areas known as ‘Climate change Refugia’. A Refugia (refugium- singular) is an area […]