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

Transformify

At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher.

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How Lean Startup Helped Serve Communities in Kenya

Startup Lessons Learned

First up in our speaker spotlight series is an edited transcript of our Q&A with Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , a non-profit working to distribute beneficial goods to rural communities in Kenya. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My The inspiration for Bidhaa Sasa? Why do they even buy from us?”

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

In our experience international entrepreneurs need to work on being more confident in their pitches and succinctly communicating their idea, business model, market size and what problem they are going to solve. kenya’s winner Sematime makes it easy for people to send bills and invoices to large groups of contacts via SMS.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Take a look at these innovations which were first implemented in the emerging markets and are now making their way to the “first world”: Mobile Money: Six years ago, mPesa launched in Kenya to transfer money via cellphone. A network of accessible agents throughout the country allows people to redeem money transferred to them.

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