View from Seed

MAY 24, 2017

Christina Sass is co-founder and COO of Andela, a company that locates, trains, and staffs world-class engineers in Africa for hire by tech companies in the US and elsewhere. The post How Andela Finds and Trains World-Class Engineers in Africa [Traction #41: Christina Sass] appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind the rest of the developing world. The Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa. This situation has not been beneficial for the developing world, especially for Sub-Saharan Africa that lags behind. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the local economy is often subject to boom and bust cycles.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

I previously touched upon the Passion/Product Fit of an aspiring entrepreneur. Product/Market Fit. Hence, a Singaporean founder will find it easier to execute in the 3rd key market that is the MENASSEA region (Middle East, North Africa and South/Southeast Asia). This is by no means easy. MENASSEA includes countries below. [Tip:

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

Africa is not known to generate many technology talents – the country is far more prolific in its music, sport and art – but here’s one young African who intends to buck the trend. Mawuna Koutonin was born in a small village in Togo, West Africa to a father of 36 children. Peer-To-Peer Referral Network.

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David Cohen

MAY 16, 2014

Technology is changing lives — even saving lives — in Africa, the world’s second most populous continent. A production of BloombergTVAfrica , this will be an ongoing series about technology and entrepreneurship across Africa. For entrepreneurs, this also presents an opportunity of epic proportions.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

2- Recruiting the unemployed from Africa. We adopt this strategy for our initial tier of services because we don't want great ideas and products to go unnoticed simply because of a low budget. For instance, all waste products during production are recycled. 24- By donating excess products. Photo Credit: Olu Ojo.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 12, 2024

Bone marrow modification with gene editing Researchers have found that by making a straightforward DNA modification to bone marrow cells, the body’s alternate hemoglobin production, which typically ceases after birth, can be reactivated.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world. Starbucks has also built successful retail mobile payment experience, albeit a closed loop one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $200M in 260 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 850 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Society is changing and so is its demand and supply for new products and services. First, I encourage business owners to create resources on your website or social network feeds for clients to better understand the products that are provided. 11- Technologies help the productivity of our business and employees.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2017

4: Superior Productivity. 86 percent of managers believe automated work processes would increase employee productivity—and they’re right. Prior to Formstack, Byers co-founded an international nonprofit that was built via remote relationships among partners in Europe, Africa, and the United States.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Andela selects and trains world-class tech talent from Africa and matches them with U.S. At the same time, I’d gotten to know a young Nigerian serial entrepreneur who had become sort of a friend and mentee, and was building something similar to 2U but focused on Africa. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2022

A common complaint from many non-profits is that both government and private funders would rather spend their dollars on ‘sexy’ causes such as children’s charities, cancer, and heart disease, rather than long-term causes like global warming and erasing hunger in Africa. distributed cash aid from $137.9 distributed cash aid from $63.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. With the advent of the internet, every opportunity is global, since every customer can see you from anywhere in the world.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Andela selects and trains world-class tech talent from Africa and matches them with U.S. At the same time, I’d gotten to know a young Nigerian serial entrepreneur who had become sort of a friend and mentee, and was building something similar to 2U but focused on Africa. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2020

The application will run in your browser, checking everything that you write: product reviews, social media posts, etc. Supported countries are Brazil, India, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland, Russia, China, Poland, Hungary, Salvador, Australia, and Canada, as well as the com.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

32 students were scattered across the globe and given a seemingly impossible assignment- they had 10 weeks to understand and then solve a real Dept of Defense problem – by interviewing 100 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, et al while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products – all while never leaving their room.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

He is also the most engaged business leader on Facebook in Africa. Terry and Tony Pearce of mattress company Purple not only created a product that supports customers with spine problems so they can get a good night sleep, but also used a cost-effective business model that delivered an enormous, immediate game-changing result.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

1) The e-commerce site where products fund projects. In August 2011, Rosenberg launched Do Good Buy Us with the intention of delivering well-made, healthy and sustainable products to an audience that craves a reprieve from mass-produced goods that carry ingredients like sodium oxide.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Africa is a huge and diverse continent, and over the last few years, it has emerged as one of the world’s hotspots for startups. In Africa, entrepreneurs have serious, intractable problems that western startups don’t face. by Sharon Fishburne. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

own-brand); the box may not be as pretty but the product will be the same. South Africa. If you’d like more information on making wise investments in South Africa so that you’re not wasting money and hopefully, instead growing your savings, you can go to Standard Bank Securities trading workshops.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2020

There are three main contributors to carbon emissions : aviation, car travel, and animal products. Bears in Yosemite, California and lions in Kruger, South Africa have all been roaming into the spaces usually reserved for human visitors. The environment around us is improving. Less traffic, cleaner air.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

More than 75 marketplace founders and investors attended the event – coming from as far as South Africa and Nova Scotia. Just a decade ago, most software/cloud startups used a traditional model where product and marketing were siloed: product teams created the product and marketing drove people to the website to buy it.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2020

billion between now and the year 2050 and for the beauty sector that means that one thing for the aesthetics industry: anti-aging products will be bigger than ever. High-intensity microfocused ultrasound, commonly referred to as Ulthera, also aims to stimulate collagen production. Collagen Stimulation via Microfocused Ultrasound.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We launched our first campaign and got an incredible amount of support and funding for our product. Through our products we ensure that your family is properly equipped with peace of mind no matter the environment or circumstance. All of our survival products will make any outdoor lover. excited to get back outside again.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Mikael writes about psychology, startups, and product marketing over on the ooomf blog. How does your product work? Just like testing a product, we wanted to test our presentation by getting feedback from our target audience. Instead of trying to do everything well (traction, team, product, social proof, pitch, etc.),

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 23, 2010

We spent two days of analyzing and exploring their customer discovery visits just completed across South America, Africa and Asia. Followers of the Customer Development process know that you can’t start selling until you have transformed product, customer and other hypotheses into a validated business model and sales roadmap.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8 How easy / possible is it for global customers to buy your product – to purchase your service? •

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The Next Web

JUNE 16, 2018

I’m often asked how the company I work for managed to successfully expand from Sub-Saharan Africa to Poland, a very different type of market, to say the least. It’s complicated but I can tell you one thing, we didn’t follow any existing playbook. There are vast cultural differences that can… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We already have the scientific collaboration Knowbella Platform at Minimal Viable Product (MVP).

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Third Mainland Bridge is one of three bridges that connect Lagos’ Victoria Island with the ‘mainland’ and is the longest bridge in Africa. With a population estimated at between 21 and 23 million people, every month another 50,000 people converge from across Africa to live in the city. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 20, 2019

In South Africa especially, there is an underlying need to keep a business well financed and managed, in alignment with the economic development goals of the country. The primary long-term agenda for company owners is to scale up production by increasing the assets of the business. New products and markets. Operational expenses.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

After former CEO Steve Jobs departed the business in 1985, Apple entered a ten-year downward spiral as competitors' lower-priced products notably Microsoft Windows, dominated the personal computer market. The Fat Sheep project in South Africa's barren Karoo landscape is my favorite turnaround story. 15- Richard Branson.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Another of my favorite products that solves a problem for me are my Bose headphones (mind I don’t have this fancy version). One of my frustrations that I wish there was a product for is something you probably think too obvious. It baffles me when companies have products that their own employees don’t use. A jewelry stand.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world. Starbucks has also built successful retail mobile payment experience, albeit a closed loop one.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Will your product serve better as a mobile app (which offers a better experience on mobile, yet needs to be installed and can be deleted on a whim), or a web app (immediately accessible at any time, yet less simple to navigate from a handheld gadget)? What is your product goal? Validate your product concept with an MVP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180M in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents.

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