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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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In Kenya, M-Pesa processed more transactions domestically than Western Union did globally, and “ provided mobile banking facilities to more than 70 per cent of the country’s adult population” , most of whom never had banking services before.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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John Greathouse is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses. Venture Capital (7). Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. |. Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. |. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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