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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. Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. The Power of the Individual: This was the year that the individual, amplified by technology platforms, became empowered to rise against oppressions both large and small.

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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The US is a relatively stable and strong economy, with good rule of law, good financial technology, low inflation and financial institutions that most people have faith in (although many Bitcoin enthusiasts would beg to differ). High transaction costs are another possible driver of Bitcoin adoption.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. kenya’s winner Sematime makes it easy for people to send bills and invoices to large groups of contacts via SMS. Governments supportive of technology.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

He has acquired expertise and know-how across a broad range of capacities from subcontractor roles for specialist building technologies to representing clients on behalf of multi-national stakeholders. Governments are prioritizing healthcare projects now, more than ever. What is the key question you are addressing?

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

Agile VC

At first glance, mobile payments seem like a no brainer… consumers [seemingly] want the convenience of paying with a phone rather than cash or credit card, merchants dislike the cost associated with accepting credit cards, and mobile ecosystem players (e.g. Government fiat.

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