Sponsors

Legatum is the owner and founder of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship.

Legatum is a private investment group, based in Dubai, with a twenty-five year heritage of global investing.  We manage a multi-billion dollar fund of proprietary capital which is allocated to businesses and programmes that promote sustainable development. For more information, please visit Legatum’s website at www.legatum.com.

Legatum is pleased to be joined by Omidyar Network as a major sponsor of the 2011 Africa Awards. 

Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of markets to create opportunity for people to improve their lives. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, the organization invests in and helps scale innovative organizations to catalyze economic and social change. To date, Omidyar Network has committed more than $400 million to for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations that foster economic advancement and encourage individual participation across multiple investment areas, including microfinance, property rights, government transparency, and social media. To learn more, visit www.omidyar.com.

Kenya Airways is the Official Airline of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. Kenya Airways is widely regarded as the leading airline in Africa, with the broadest route network and a service standard that has seen it win African Airline of the Year a record number of times and which is a member of Skyteam, the second-largest airline alliance in the world.  

To learn more, visit www.kenya-airways.com.

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world’s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Along with Coca-Cola®, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other billion dollar brands, including Diet Coke®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Coca-Cola Zero®, vitaminwater®, Powerade®, Minute Maid®, Simply® and Georgia®. Globally, The Coca-Cola Company is the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world’s largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company’s beverages at a rate of 1.6 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate.

For more information about the Company, please visit the website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com. 

We are grateful to these prestigious organisations that support the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship:

The Africa Awards invites organisations and individuals who share a committed interest to the promotion of entrepreneurship in Africa to join us as partners; we welcome governmental, public or private institutions. Partnership opportunities exist for branded sponsorship of the programme through direct financial support or through the provision of goods and services in kind.