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Scaling Internet-Based Startups in African Markets

Will Mutua — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:29:09 +0000

We’ve all heard of the idea that entrepreneurs are people who see a ‘gap’ in the market and then create a product or service to address that gap. The implication is that...

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Nigeria Telecommunications, Mobile and Broadband Report

Will Mutua — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:15:07 +0000

Nigeria is one of the biggest and fastest growing telecom markets in Africa, attracting huge amounts of foreign investment, and is yet standing at relatively low levels of market penetration.Read...

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Rethinking Startup Finance in Africa

Will Mutua — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:54:01 +0000

I had a wonderful opportunity to have a discussion with Eric Osiakwan an African tech luminary from Ghana and director of Ghana’s Cyber City initiative about startup financing in Africa,...

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IISS: Emerging Africa Geo-Economics, Resources and the role of Technology and Innovation

Mbwana Alliy — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:14:27 +0000

Earlier this week, a group of African business and political leaders, academics, journalists and researchers met in the Gulf island nation of Bahrain for the first Geo-economics conference focused on...

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Bitcoin Crypto-currency and the opportunity for a truly Pan-Africa money revolution

Mbwana Alliy — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:45:46 +0000

NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE: Imagine you are a freelance coder in Zimbabwe during the collapse of the financial banking system in the last decade. Your local currency is going through world record...

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Africa Spotlight: Global Entrepreneurship Congress Report from Rio, Brazil

Mbwana Alliy — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:14:59 +0000

Last week over 1,500 delegates from 100+ countries involved in entrepreneurship ecosystem building descended on the lovely city of Rio De Janeiro for the 4th Global Entrepreneurship Congress backed...

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Innovating the Business Model – Interview with Robinson Esalimba, Founder Afrovumbua

Will Mutua — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:44:52 +0000

When we talk about innovation in many cases, the reference is made to creating innovative products. In the interview below, Robinson Esalimba, founder of Afrovumbua, discusses innovation from the...

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African or Africa-focused Tech Investors

Will Mutua — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:18:41 +0000

Africa-targeted private equity and VC is on the rise, last year (2012) the total worth of PE deals closed in sub-Saharan Africa grew 10% from 2011 to $1.16 billion with funds raised for the region...

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The most exciting mobile apps from Africa

Will Mutua — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:29:33 +0000

The following is a guest post by Rudy De Waele, CEO & Founder of Nyota Media. The article is based on the below embedded slideshow which is a result of his company Nyota Media‘s latest...

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As smartphone wars heat up: Africa Techies beware of the App distraction to your business

Mbwana Alliy — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:29:47 +0000

“Why should I get the intel Yolo vs the Samsung Pocket”- asked a young man at the Safaricom Junction shop. “This phone is just like a computer, it has the intel chip inside!”...

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