African Virtual Assistants Network (African VA) ~~~ Africa VAs

African Virtual Assistants Network (African VA) is a social enterprise and business support enterprise fostering entrepreneurship for women, youth, stay at home parent, physically-challenge (disability), and middle-age individuals, leading to the provision of business support services for small business as a Virtual Assistant.

We aim to creates economic values given its social mandate – by building and reinforcing a culture of entrepreneurship and mobilizing human resources & capital, thereby reducing the burden on large corporation, government and small business for service delivery and, in some cases, stimulating entrepreneurship for economically disadvantaged regions or individuals.

African VA principles in entrepreneurship creation at the community level has also been embraced in Africa by small-scale regional development efforts. It will also provides the opportunity for Africa Virtual Assistants (African VA) to attract non-local jobs or project by becoming an international hub of creative, socially responsible business solution provider and entrepreneurs. There is significant competition for these types of creative job and it will be important for Africa Virtual Assistants Network (African VA) to position itself as a hub for this kind of work if it is to build the cluster of knowledge, expertise and infrastructure needed to attract leading companies.

The six support areas are:

Entrepreneurial education and training as Virtual Assistants - On going business training for both new Virtual Assistants and already establish Virtual Assistants
Networking and Community - socially connected, Group mentoring and coaching for Virtual Assistants, specialty and business mentoring
Hub for Business Support Services - Serve as the one-stop hub for small business in Africa or other countries to outsource their business need or project to Virtual Assistants
Grant and Funding Opportunities - Providing resources and access to various business grants and funding opportunities for business development and start-ups.
Technology Support & Discount: Partner with technology developers or vendors to provide discount rate on software & hardware for Virtual Assistants usage.
Advocacy - Africa Virtual Assistants Network - as a small business support network to help connect Virtual Assistants, small business, software companies, technology companies and community agencies.

Together with our clients and Virtual Assistants, we're helping small business to reshape, rethink, restructure, re-delegate the landscape of how Africa small business operate or do business. Thousand of Africa small business and large corporation have made the decision and share the vision of Afrivan innovative and creative business support service and have become "African VA Partners" and support the new generation of innovative business support service, a key building block for Africa’s agenda of sustained economic development which focuses on a double bottom line of economic and social returns.

Who is a Virtual Assistant (VA)?

African Virtual Assistants Network (African VA): Virtual Assistant (VA) is an independent business entrepreneur regardless of their business specialty, career background or geographic locations providing business support service, content and solutions to client 90% of the time virtually from their own business office. Virtual Assistant utilize unifying technologies to communicate, link and deliver services and products to clients locally and globally to meet today's business fast demands. Virtual Assistant is not a machine technology assistant, but human professionals providing a wide range of business solutions such as administrative, creative, financial and technical business service and educating business on the benefits of business outsourcing, delegation and partnering with Virtual Assistants.

FOR CLIENTS

African Virtual Assistants Network (African VA) provides small business and large corporation the access and opportunity to partner, contract or outsource internal or external business services or processes to qualified and experience Virtual Assistants or Virtual Business Professionals with diverse business backgrounds, who are ready to offer their various business services, solutions and products locally and globally to companies. Among our goals is to establish business relationship at local level, national level and international level by developing business strategy alliance and providing innovative business solutions for established company or emerging new business. African VA also made it possible for small business to have access to Virtual Assistants(African VA) in their own community or country as well as Virtual Assistants abroad to meet their business goals and objectives. .........CONTINUE READING

AFRICAN VA by D.E.S.I.G.N

D-- Develop a collaborative business relationship and partnership with business.
E-- Expand business services locally and globally.
S-- Shape business focus to delegate, outsource, expand and to succeed.
I -- Invest in cost effective business productivity and time-saving management tools.
G-- Gain understanding of clients business needs to deliver a professional results and outcome.
N-- Nurture business mutual relationship with respect and integrity leading to more business opportunities.

AFRICAN VA are S.M.A.R.T

S -- Specific in being your business support manager and partner in business locally and globally.
M-- Measurable performance at every stage of project development.
A -- Actionable steps and unifying technology to complete and deliver work.
R -- Realistic and effective business solutions and management tools.
T -- Time saver and cost effective alternative for business to focus on priorities and expand successfully.

FOR NEW & ESTABLISHED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

African Virtual Assistants Network (African VA) or Africa VAs is a professional network of Virtual Assistants and Virtual Business Professionals in Africa and around the world, who shares our business value of entrepreneurship creation through the use of unifying technologies and business tools to deliver services and business solution.

African VA was established to give Virtual Assistants (Africa VAs) opportunities for business exposure, education while networking and empowering to work together for a common good of clients success, career advancement and African VA industry.

African Virtual Assistants Network is the first to establish entrepreneurship and professional support network for all Virtual Assistants or aspiring Virtual Assistant in Africa or African VA base in other countries.n> ...........CONTINUE READING