Digital Village Venture(Partnership)

Do you want to provide free local internet in a rural building for the benefit of people in the community?
You can enable Kenyans in the rural areas or the slums to perform the following tasks online free of charge by providing free local internet in a rural building:-
1.send and/or receive email;
2.read local newspapers;
3.visit websites hosted in Kenya;
4.view opportunities online;
5.download Government content.

This special offer is ideal for shopping centres, office blocks, hotels & clubs, community centres, social/church halls, public institutions, hospitals & clinics, etc.
The offer applies to any building open to the public that would like to be upgraded into a digital village that provides free local internet to members of the public.

Invest KShs. 58,000/- on a special offer from Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and ICTvillage.com for local internet connectivity that will upgrade a building of your choice in a rural area or slum into a digital village which serves members of the local community and enjoy the following key benefits, amongst many others:-
.WiMAX Customer Premise Equipment - Free Rental
.Site Installation (labour and materials) - Free Set-up
.Local Internet Connectivity (unlimited) - Free Access
.Global Internet Connectivity (s/cards) - 40% discount
.Digital Village Network (ICT Facility) - Free Membership
Membership in the Digital Village Network entitles ICT facilities
located in rural areas and slums to the following benefits:
.Negotiation of special deals for essential resources;
.Solutions for e-learning, e-business, and e-development;
.Linkages for distributing products and services online;
.Facilitation of financing for expansion and/or incubation;
.Online interface for processing transactions between parties.

Limited opportunities available in each constituency on a first come first served basis. This special offer is applicable only in areas covered by KDN's existing ICT infrastructure.

Please fill out and submit the following form to register for the special Internet Connectivity offered by Kenya Data Network (KDN) and ICTvillage.com on behalf of a rural building of your choice in Kenya. at http://www.ictvillage.com/building.asp

Business Incubation

Busienss incuabtion is all the rage this days. It is a a model thats gaining considerable grounds in kenya and the world over-for the right reasons.It provides star-ups a chance to pick up while still struggling to accumilate resources. Its the best bet for all those seeking to start businesses but have minimal capital.
But its not cheap,therefore one has to weigh the options in a given incubation program before joining.The following is a list of incubators in kenya:-

Kekobi
kekobi is one of the pioneer incibators in kenya.
check them out at http://www.kekobi.or.ke

Genius Executive Centre
Genius Executive Centre located on the 15th floor of View Park Towers, is a business incubator that helps keep start-up costs low,assist in marketing and possibly even finance businesses.They offer flexible office solutions for start-ups.
Check them out at
http://www.geniuscentre.com

KIRDI Technology Incubation
Kirdi(kenya industrial research and development institute)
In order to enhance its industrial and market competitiveness, the firm is currently under Technology/Business Incubation Project at the Kenya Industrial research and development institute center.
The KIRDI Board of Directors established the Technology Business Incubator in July 2006 with the aim of enhancing technology transfer and dissemination of the institute’s findings that have a national impact on economic development.

Technology incubation is a process that supports entrepreneurs and start up technology based enterprises in the development, assimilation, absorption, and utilization of requisite technology to accelerate their successful development. Along side the provision of the technical support, business development support is also provided.

It brings together all the necessary ingredients and environment for building the technological capability of the technology receipt to facilitate the technology transfer.
read more at http://www.kirdi.go.ke/BusinessIncubation.aspx

GOWE loans for business women

The Growth Oriented Women Enterprise (GOWE) program is financed by AfDB (African Development Bank) and managed by IFC (International Finance Corporation)
The program facilitates access to finance (loans) and capacity building for enterprises where women are majority share holders. (Min. 51% ownership). Access to finance is through commercial Bank of Africa (CFA) CFC Stanbic Bank And K Rep Bank.
For more detail go to http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/africa.nsf/Content/GOWE_Home