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

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. million and unemployment rate of just 3.4%, Rwanda is close to the top of the list. Rwanda is an agricultural country and a lot more is to be done to develop the skills needed to diversify the economy. With a population of 11.4

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I hitchhiked around the country (the safest I’ve encountered) given the lack of public transport.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I hitchhiked around the country (the safest I’ve encountered) given the lack of public transport.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I hitchhiked around the country (the safest I’ve encountered) given the lack of public transport.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. Governments supportive of technology. Many female entrepreneurs.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." And you don't even need the government to help you there. What did China do?

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The Best Economy In History

Growthink Blog

Well surprise surprise, they don't come from the government but more surprisingly they don’t come from corporate America. So Where Do These Good Jobs Come From? Rather, nearly all net job creation in the U.S. economy comes from firms less than 5 years old, or brand new (startups) and young (one to five year old) companies.