Many school-aged children living in less fortunate communities in Paarl-East, South Africa struggle to achieve positive school performance due to poor living conditions and lack of learning opportunities. Billy’s Learning Center provides one-on-one tutoring services for children ages 5 to 11 in these communities to… Read More »Billy’s Learning Center by Margaret Williams
I would like venture into passenger transportation as a rideshare driver in Cape Town, South Africa. I have acquired skills in customer service that would always come back to me and they also recommend their friends and relatives. I would use the Taxify driver app… Read More »Blessing Mukwindidza Ride Share Driver
You are receiving this newsletter as a trusted friend of Ben Davidson or Derrick Boles. Our charity, Entrepreneurs Against Poverty (Entrapov.com), provides startup grants to African entrepreneurs seeking to rise out of poverty. We run a contest called Shark Pond. It’s like Shark Tank, but… Read More »December 2022 Newsletter
Marvunike Therapy, located in Wynberg suburbs of Cape Town is a start-up therapy business that focuses on providing a holistic, personalized approach to each client’s needs. The business offers comprehensive services for those requiring pain reliefs. These services includes the selling of gun massages and… Read More »Henry Wallace Musoke – Marvunike Therapy
Thanks Tricia & Jared Christensen for sponsoring Scott’s business at the Oct 22 entrepreneur pitch event! Thanks Becky and Kurt Payne and Ben and Natalie Christensen for sponsoring Evanson!
Cell phone shop in Ashaiman, Ghana. In 2017 Scott Kofi started a business called K.Bonz Phones, which sells phones and accessories at Ashaiman New town Station. Soon afterward he travelled to Nigeria to serve a mission, leaving his father to run the business until he… Read More »Scott Kofi
Cell phone accessories and repair shop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria Evajay Accessories is a registered cell phone accessories store that Evanson Ekanem plans to open in the busy streets of Okporo-Port Harcourt. It offers phone accessories, mass storage components (SD cards, SD drives, and USB… Read More »Evanson Ekanem
I had the privilege to travel to Ghana for our 3rd Shark Pond event on August 20, 2022. Seven grant recipients were honored along with past entrepreneurs who shared their successes with the 150 audience members in attendance. The Program: Presiding: Ashaiman Stake President, Alexander… Read More »Shark Pond Event Recap Aug 20, 2022
After Entrapov’s second pitch-giving event on April 9, 2022, Prince Mensah (Executive Director of West Africa) messaged those in the startup incubator in Ghana. With great emotion, he told about the night before our first event, when a major financial sponsor backed out at the… Read More »Shark Pond Episode 2 Recap April 9, 2022
Entrapov’s next pitch event will be on April 9, 2022. Meet the 4 entrepreneurs who will be pitching their businesses for funding.
