L’entrepreneuriat, un thème que l’on imaginerait pas être au centre des préoccupations de nos campagnes électorales (Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinée) et pourtant tous les candidats à nos élections promettent des emplois, mais personne ne parle d’encourager l’entrepreneuriat ou même les entrepreneurs. Comment créeront ils ces emplois? La promesse d’une croissance à deux chiffres qui permettra à nos pays de sortir une grande partie des ces populations de la pauvreté réside dans les mains des petites entreprises dans tous les secteurs de l’économie.

La semaine du 14 au 20 Novembre a été proclamée par Barack OBAMA, la semaine de l’entrepreneuriat aux USA, on peut toujours rêver pour un engagement au haut niveau d’une telle initiative sous nos cieux.

Voila le texte du Président américain, tel qu’il est sur le site de la Maison Blanche, un sacré hommage aux entrepreneurs et leur rôle dans l’économie :

Entrepreneurs embody the promise that lies at the heart of America — that if you have a good idea and work hard enough, the American dream is within your reach. During National Entrepreneurship Week, we renew our commitment to supporting the entrepreneurs who power the engine of our Nation’s economy. These intrepid individuals translate their vision into products and services that keep America strong and competitive on a global scale, and build opportunity and prosperity across our country.

As we emerge from a historic economic recession, my Administration has taken decisive action to accelerate growth and remove barriers for entrepreneurs and small business owners to grow, hire, and prosper. At a time when small business lending standards had tightened considerably, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helped the Small Business Administration (SBA) work with lenders to provide critical SBA loans. These loans assisted thousands of entrepreneurs in starting new businesses, employing workers, and jumpstarting our economy. I was also proud to sign the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the most important investment in small businesses in more than a decade. This legislation will make it easier for them to expand and hire, creating tax breaks and accelerating more than $55 billion in tax relief for entrepreneurs and small business owners by the end of 2011.

To harness the ingenuity of the American people, my Administration has developed a national innovation strategy, which emphasizes entrepreneurship as a catalyst for new industries, new businesses, and new jobs. This strategy focuses on key investments to foster American innovation, improving education, building a 21st-century infrastructure, and bolstering our ability to conduct cutting-edge research. It also seeks to promote and facilitate competitive markets for entrepreneurs, and to support breakthroughs in areas of national priority — including alternative energy, health care technology, and advanced vehicle technologies. In addition, the new National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is collecting input from across the United States to recommend policies that will bolster our economic growth and lead to sustainable, well-paying American jobs. I encourage aspiring entrepreneurs and other Americans interested in promoting innovation to visit www.SBA.gov for resources and information.

All Americans can play a role in increasing the prevalence and success of new start-ups. Business leaders can mentor a budding entrepreneur who has an original idea and the will to execute, but could benefit from the guidance of an experienced owner or operator. Philanthropists can expand entrepreneurship education for ambitious students at underserved schools and community colleges. Universities can accelerate the transition of scientific breakthroughs from the lab to the marketplace. Together, we can help millions of entrepreneurs create the industries and jobs of the 21st century and solve some of the toughest challenges we face as a Nation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 14 through November 20, 2010, as National Entrepreneurship Week. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this week with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 19, 2010, as National Entrepreneurs’ Day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

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Orange Labs est partie prenante du projet Digital World Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT  (DWF), cofinancé par la Commission Européenne à l’intérieur de son 7ème Programme Cadre de recherche. Ce projet vise à favoriser le développement des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (TIC) en Afrique et Amérique Latine.

Ainsi, Orange Labs lance un appel à contributions sur la thématique “accès et infrastructure haut-débit dans les pays en développement” (date limite de dépôt des contributions : 17 avril 09) .
L’auteur de la meilleure contribution sera invité à la présenter en introduction du séminaire Digital World Forum qui réunira à Kampala en Ouganda, les 4 et 5 mai prochains, des acteurs internationaux de premier plan autour de cette thématique.

De plus, il assistera à la conférence IST-Africa 2009, programmée du 6 au 8 mai dans cette même ville.

De cette façon, Orange déjà présent dans 15 pays d’Afrique témoigne de sa volonté de contribuer à la réduction de la fracture numérique en apportant des solutions qui facilitent le quotidien des populations bénéficiaires ainsi que le développement économique.

Le concours ici:

http://www.digitalworldforum.eu/workshops/66-workshop-on-broadband-access-a-infrastructure-call-for-paper