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= Enactus (formerly SIFE) =<div id="contentSub" p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(125, 125, 125); width: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 20.15999984741211px; direction: ltr; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">{| id="toc" class="toc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(170, 170, 170);"|- style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"| style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.2em; line-height: 1.4;" | <div id="toctitle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">== Contents ==<span class="toctoggle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linetext-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-selectalign: nonecenter;"> [[httpFile://universityinnovationSolomonalolga.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)# hidejpg]] </spanp></div><ul p style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.3em 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Overview <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 120.415999984741211px;">1</span> <span class="toctext" style="margincolor: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Overview</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_rgb(formerly_SIFE68, 68, 68)#Purpose <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linefont-heightfamily: 1.4;">2</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; lineArial, sans-height: 1.4serif;">Purpose</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Distinct_Differences_From_Other_Offerings <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linefont-heightsize: 1.414px;">3</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linetext-heightalign: 1.4center;">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</spanp>]<ul p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 120.415999984741211px; list-style-imagecolor: none; list-style-type: none;"><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_rgb(formerly_SIFE68, 68, 68)#Partners_and_Donors <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linefont-heightfamily: 1.4;">3.1</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; lineArial, sans-height: 1.4serif;">Partners and Donors</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#World_Cup <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linefont-heightsize: 1.414px;">3.2</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linetext-heightalign: 1.4center;">World Cup</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Scholarship.2FGrants <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-heightcolor: 1.4;">3.3</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Scholarship/Grants</span>]</li></ul></li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Impact_Achieved_For_Students_and_Campus <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4000000;">4</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linefont-height: 1.4;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span>]<ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Campus_and_Community_Impacts: <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">4.1</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Campus and Community Impacts:</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Outreach <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">4.2</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Outreach</span>]</li></ul></li><li>[httpsize://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Steps_Required_To_Bring_Resource_to_Campus <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4small;">5</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span>]</li><li>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)#Contact_Information <span class="tocnumber" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">6</span> <span class="toctext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Contact Information</span>]</li></ul> |} = <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-sizefamily: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=1 edit]]</span><span class="mwarial,helvetica,sans-headline" id="Overview" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4serif;">Overview</span> = Acumen My name is a non-profit venture capital organization that raises venture capital funds from charitable organizations Solomon Alolga and I'm currently an Accounting and invests Finance major at Berea College, Kentucky. I was born in poverty-eradication entrepreneurial ventures across the globe. Unlike any venture capitalGhana, Acumen capital invests in long-term debt West Africa and equity investments moved to the United States in early-stage companies providing reliable and affordable access 2009 to agricultural inputs, quality education, clean energy, healthcare services, formal housing, attend Leesburg High School as an exhcnage scholar through the Youth Exhance and safe drinking water to low-income customers.Study Program ( = <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFEYES)&action=edit§ion=2 edit]]</span>History = Acumen was found at April 1, 2001, with capital from sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation and three other individual philanthropistsU.(site)S. The foundation envisions an organization that seeks to promote and venture entrepreneial ideas with substantial social impact on poverty reductionDepartment of State. Accumen currently operates While in five regions around the world namely USAFlorida, India, Pakistan, East Africa I volunteered at local schools and West Africa. = <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1taught Ghanaian history to students.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=3 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Distinct_Differences_From_Other_Offerings" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Distinct Differences From Other Offerings</span> = By sourcing donations from charitable organization, Acumen invests the donations in ideas that would not only provide a return, but I also served as a tactical way to tackle poverty. Unlike other venture capital firms, Accumen only invests in ideas that have summer counsellor for a social impact especially nearby summer camp in the areas of agriculture, health, water, housing and energy. <span style="line-height: 202010.15999984741211px;">Supported by organizations such as Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationAfter graduation, Google, and the Skoll Foundation, Acumen’s investments create long lasting social impacts and help I moved to Kentucky to eradicate povertystudy at Berea College.</span></span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> === <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=4 edit]]</spanp><span class="mw-headline" id="Partners_and_Donors" p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linetext-heightalign: 1.4center;">Leadership p</span> === Some of Enactus' partner and donors include:<ul style="margincolor: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4#000000;"><li>KPMG</li><li>Walmart & Sam's Club</li><li>Unilever</li><li>Dell</li><li>The Coca-Cola Company</li><li>PepsiCo</li><li>Harmony</li><li>Campbell's</li><li>Hershey's</li><li>HSBC</li><li>Johnson and Johnson</li><li>The Home Depot<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 12pxsmall;"> </span></li></ul> === <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-sizefamily: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=5 edit]]</span><span class="mwarial,helvetica,sans-headline" id="World_Cup" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4serif;">World Cup</span> === Teams from different schools compete internationally in what Enactus has coined the "[http://enactus.org/worldcup/ World Cup]I am very passionate about entrepreneurship and technology." FirstAt Berea, each team must compete at I am a Fellow of the national level. Projects are judged by business leaders and additional sponsors Entrepreneurship for Public Good, a pretigious program that trains student entrepreneurs on campus to work on strategies to develop solutions to the impact that each project has. The judging criteria is summarized in "considering the relevant economic, social and environment factors, which Enactus team most effectivey empowered people in need by applying businss and economic concepts and an entrepreneurial approach to improve their quality pressing needs of life and standard of livingthe Appalachia region." <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 12px;">The winning team of the national championship is invited to compete globally in the On campus, I am also involved with Enactus World Cup. The World Cup is held annually in a different country across the world. </span> <u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Past Winners of the World Cup:</u><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><li>2013 - Technical University Munich</li><li>2012 - Belmont University</li><li>2011 - University of Regensburg</li><li>2010 - French University , formerly called Students in Egypt Free Entreprises(UFESIFE)</li><li>2009 - French University in Egypt (UFE)</li><li>2008 - Memorial University of Newfoundland</li><li>2007 - La Sierra University</li><li>2006 - Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade</li><li>2005 - University of Zimbabwe</li><li>2004 - Curtin University of Technology</li><li>2003 - Drury University</li><li>2002 - La Sierra University</li><li>2001 - Drury University</li></ul> === <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=6 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Scholarship.2FGrants" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Scholarship/Grants</span> === Enactus also allows the collaboration between businesses and students. Businesses are able to fund or sponsor a specific project (not competing in served as the Enactus World Cup) that president from the students are asked 2013 to solve and work on2014 academic year. = </span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=7 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Impact_Achieved_For_Students_and_Campus" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span><br/p> = <span class="mw-headline" p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; linetext-heightalign: 1.4center;"></spanp><span p style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sanstext-serif; coloralign: blackcenter;">Accumen programs are or</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black#000000;">ganised as one community and do not currently have </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blacksmall;">chapters</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibriarial, sans-serif; color: black;">on campus</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibrihelvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">. The Acumen programs have brought together 20 Chapters around the world I am very excited to organize more than 90 events and raised more than $360,000 funds to empower poor communities throughout be a part of the worldUniversity Innovation Fellows program.</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: CalibriI hope that I will gain valuable knowledge, sans-serif; color: black;"></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"></span> === <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=8 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Campus_and_Community_Impacts:" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Campus and Community Impacts:</span> ===<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><li>Projects can potentially help any part of get to hear the campus or community</li><li>Support given to those in need</li><li>Benefit in terms stories of environment improvementother student entrepreneurs, economic improvement, or social improvement</li></ul> === <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=9 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Outreach" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Outreach</span> === There are 37 countries involved with 1,600 universities. Enactus also has 62,000 students who have volunteered and over 7,300,000 hours have been worked discover how I can create an ecosystem on projects. = <span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=10 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Steps_Required_To_Bring_Resource_to_Campus" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span> = Universities and Colleges can take the opportunity provided by Accumen and apply directly to investments funding. Projects campus that are eligible for investments have encourages students to be get involved in mid-startup stage with a focus on poverty eradication. Acumen provides brochures, online courses entrepreneurship and materials that teach individuals how to use financial tools to create social impact projectsinnovation. = </span class="editsection" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 15px; float: right;">[[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Enactus_(formerly_SIFE)&action=edit§ion=11 edit]]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_Information" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Contact Information</span> = HEAD OFFICE NEW YORK 76 Ninth Avenue, Suite 315<br/>New York, NY 10011, USA T: +1 (212) 566-8821<br/>F: +1 (212) 566-8817 NDIA MUMBAI 203 Dheeraj Plaza <br/>Hill Road, Bandra West <br/>Mumbai, 400050<br/>INDIA T: +91 (22) 6740-1500<br/>F: +91 (22) 6740-1550 EAST AFRICA NAIROBI, KENYA 1st Floor, Cape Office Park<br/>Opposite Yaya Centre<br/>Ring Road, Kilimani<br/>P.O. Box 101883-00101 Jamia<br/>Nairobi, KENYA T: + 254-20-386-1559/60/61<br/>Airtel: +254 736 073036<br/>Safaricom: +254 716 252802 PAKISTAN KARACHI 11-C, 4th Floor<br/>1st Commercial Lane <br/>Shahbaz Commercial Area <br/>Phase VI, DHA Karachi <br/>PAKISTAN T: +92 (21) 3584 6430-2<br/>F: +92 (21) 3584 6490</divp>
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