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

Transformify

Academic Writing, Article Rewriting, Book Writing, Business Writing, Content Writing, Copy Typing, Copywriting, Editing, Report Writing, Video Editing, Email Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Marketing, Sales, Social Media Marketing, Telemarketing, SEO, Google Analytics. Business / Finance. Fundraising, Management, project budgeting, budgeting.

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Live now: The founder of The Muse answers your entrepreneurship questions via video. Get involved!

The Next Web

She was recently listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media for the second year in a row and Inc.’s Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccine introduction in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. s 15 Women to Watch in Tech.

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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. Everything you share is then added to your profile, which serves as a virtual reflection of the things you love.

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SXSW Startups: GoTech Puts Out Fires

Austin Startup

Based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Rwanda, GoTech is resolved to develop, design and implement solutions to help communities respond to fire. It offers so much media coverage and exposure that will boost us. GoTech is based in the DRC and Rwanda. We can’t say we are not excited about it.

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Counting On ‘Social Capital’: The New Way To Evaluate Entrepreneurial Worth

YoungUpstarts

The cloud transcends geographical isolation, referrals from one connection to the next are a feature of most social media software platforms, and an algorithm often recommends the next relevant connection. For the last two years the company has been measuring and scoring the social capital of entrepreneurs in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Here’s to You, Women in Business

Up and Running

And there certainly have been wins: Rwanda, a country so recently torn apart by war and genocide, is now stable and comprised of a parliament in which 63.8% Stage a social media campaign. Their aim is to have people share and spotlight women owned and led businesses on social media. of its members are female.

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The Gender Issue Part II

thebarefootvc

On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important. That’s why I am moderating a panel of incredible women entrepreneurs on the topic of Social Media for Social Change this Monday April 19 at GreenSpaces with Echoing Green and NYWSE.