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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. The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub.

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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account.

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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

YoungUpstarts

attacks the issue from two angles: Startup events that promote tech entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and educational programs and workshops for promising individuals who may be economically disadvantaged or from female and minority groups. First one for Swedish Trade Council in Nairobi, Kenya was to learn and start from the very bottom.

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MicroAid: Helping Entrepreneurs Rise Out of Poverty

Up and Running

While in recent years, the rise of microloans and microcredit programs have certainly done some good, there are new ideas cropping up about ways to create sustainable change using education, business planning skills, and technology. As Beresford notes, “There is no success in this world with out involving some one else.”

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize. Since its organization in 1999, SHARE has become the biggest microfinance institution in India, and its success has prompted other banks to begin their own microfinance programs. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya.

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Women 2.0 Pitch Night…batter swing!

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Presenter: Jennifer Bonnett (Founder & CEO, Nexpense).

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. Co-Founder & CEO. Co-Founder & COO. David Harper. Maha Harper.