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Interview with Chris Garland of Botswana

The Startup Magazine

As the Managing Director of Fidelity Indemnity (Pty) Limited, a diversified business consultancy that works with high-net-worth individuals and enterprises investing in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) , he’s among the top business experts in the region. What originally attracted you to Botswana? I left the U.K.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

70% of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 shaping one of the largest untapped talent pools in the world. What are the drivers behind these figures and why Africa is so polarized when it comes to skills development and unemployment rates? ” Speaking about gaps, let’s look closer at the skills gap.

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FinTech Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa

The Startup Magazine

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while solving some of the toughest problems.”. Team Protocol One – Ensuring JTAC to Pilot Communication. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. Johnni Kjelsgaard is one of the world’s most enthusiastic proponents of Africa’s entrepreneurial potential. The next step would be to secure funding.

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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. Victors & Spoils.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

For years, China has been the darling of the international investment community. The world has watched government policies and infrastructure spur unprecedented economic growth – from 1978-2013, China’s economy grew at an average of 9.5% Enter Modi. However, Modi’s election could be a turning point.

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