THOMAS J. BATA LEGACY AWARD

The deadline for submissions to the Thomas J. Bata Legacy Award has been extended to the 15th of January 2015. You are welcome to submit your business idea for a chance of winning the Thomas J. Bata Legacy Award.

“The real role of business is to give

 a service by making and selling

 products that satisfy the want and

 needs of society, and in doing so to

 be a caring organization in partnership

 with community and government.”

- Thomas J. Bata

This is what you have to know about the award;

The Bata shoe foundation is providing a $15,000 and two $5,000 runners up awards.
This is eligible for entrepreneurs, students and resent graduates aged between 18-35 years. They should be from East Africa. The idea should be embarcing Thomas J. Bata values and make an impact on the community.
This award is primarily targeting students and recent graduates of post-secondary education as well as entrepreneurs.
Individuals entities or teams of up to four people may enter the contest as long as at least two members of the team are within the age brackets.

The values to be commemorated are as follows:

1. A commitment to the importance of responsible entrepreneurship and its role in job creation
2. An international outlook
3. A commitment to ethical business practices
4. A strong interest in young people in emerging markets and the role that business can play in creating opportunities that enable them to develop
5. A belief that business is a public trust with the obligation to improve and serve society
6. A commitment to lifelong learning and continuing education

For more information and submission of the idea, please enter here.

Huawei internship application : January - 2015 Intake

Under the “Telecom Seeds for the Future” program, Huawei technology in conjunction with ICT authority is expected to benefit 100 students in their 3rd, 4th and 5th year of study who specialize in Computer, Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering degrees. The interns will be offered hands on experience and mentor-ship programs in order to be farmilier with the latest technologies in the ICT industry.

Note: This program is specific for any Engineering students under-taking;

1. Electrical Engineering
2. Computer Science
3. Telecommunications

Want to be a telecom engineer? Want to strengthen your career with big companies? Then apply for a two month internship with Huawei. The deadline of application is on 14th December 2014 and the program will kick off on January 2015. It is 100% online application.

Apply Here. It closes on 14th December 2014.

The next big thing 2014

Well, do you have an idea, project, prototype or any business entity you think can be of help to the business society and to you as well?
It can lie under the following cartegories;

• Agribusiness and agriprocessing
• Business and proffessional service
• ICT
• Manufacturing and construction
• Transport and logistics
• Tourism and eco-tourism
• Sports Leisure and entertainment
• Health and nutrition
• Renewable energy
• Media
• Water and sanitation
• Environment

Fine, Kenyatta University, Climate innovation center kenya, nailab and business daily bring to you the next big thing 2014 Edition.

You have a chance for your idea to be selected, published on media and sponsored to be the next big thing. Its simple, just Sign Up as you think of a nice idea to post. The deadline is on 21st November 2014.

Sign Up for the Next big thing Here.

The Intel Edison Development Board

Intel Edison Development Platform

You know what guys, here comes the Intel Edison development platform. Many of you have heard of or experienced the Internet of things (IoT). Due to the highly growing world's digital error, it has become a necessity to connect people, animals, appliances and any visible things around to the internet. This is by providing unique identifiers and data transfer connections over networks without human-human or human-computer direct interaction. It has all evolved from the convergence of wireless technologies, micro-electromechanical systems and the internet. Most of you know of the Intel Galileo, some also attended the Intel Galileo boot camp and so you are having a small preview of what we are talking about.

 Dwelling on the IoT move, the intel Edison board packs a robust set of features into its small size, delivering durability, great performance, broad spectrum of input and output and software support. It is the first in a series of low-cost, general purpose computing platform for all sizes of enterprenuers ranging from pro makers to consumer electronics and companies working in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Key Features

• The Intel Edison module will initially support development with Arduino* and C/C++, followed by Node.JS, Python, RTOS, and Visual Programming support in the near future.
• Uses a 22nm Intel® SoC that includes a dual core, dual threaded Intel® Atom™ CPU at 500MHz and a 32-bit Intel® Quark™ microcontroller at 100 MHz.  It supports 40 GPIOs and includes 1GB LPDDR3, 4 GB EMMC, and dual-band WiFi and BTLE on a module slightly larger than a postage stamp
• The Intel Edison module includes a device-to-device and device-to-cloud connectivity framework to enable cross-device communication and a cloud-based, multi-tenant, time-series analytics service.

What can you make with the Intel Edison Development platform?