For Ajoa Mintah, the road to entrepreneurship started a long way from her eventual destination creating and selling tasty frozen treats. Mintah is founder and CEO of Four All Ice Cream, which has a factory in Kitchener, Ontario, and a retail “scoop shop” in neighboring Waterloo.
Starting a company isn’t as easy as pushing a button, but Brenneman and those he collaborates with are pushing the right ones.
Celebrating entrepreneurship is the focus of MEDA’s 2022 convention. The event will be held November 3-6 at The Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Cal Redekop, who died in July at the age of 96, will be remembered by many as an academic, author and founder of this magazine.
Benedicta is a Ghanian entrepreneur who was a lead farmer and sales agent in MEDA’s GROW project. “She’s one of those people who sees opportunities everywhere,” MEDA staffer Jennifer Denomy says.
Second Chance Success, a pilot project in Kenya and Rwanda, has worked to understand and help address factors that prevent women entrepreneurs from receiving the funding they need to grow their businesses.
Vancouver engineer Paul Fast’s career has been marked by risk-taking, innovation and international recognition. He also discusses making business decisions guided by faith.
MEDA staffer Jennifer Denomy recently visited Ghana to work with MEDA’s Ghana team. In a recent presentation to the Waterloo-based Women-Empowering-Women (WEW) group, she reflected on the impact of MEDA’s efforts to date in Ghana, and the goals of a new project.
Kitchener man fell into work that evolved into successful enterprise: Chris Steingart’s journey to owning a professional web design business was unanticipated.
Covid put a multi-year gap in millions of resumés. Now some companies are offering a supportive path back.
MEDA’s WAY project, which began in 2018, has taken a leadership role in response to environmental challenges facing farmers in Bauchi state. The WAY team has played an active role in the creation of a climate collaboration strategy.
Taking time to implement caring workplace cultures is both a spiritual issue and a practical business concern.
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