SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

To […] The post Andela Connects Austin Tech Companies with Tech Talent in Africa appeared first on SiliconHills. By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The shortage of tech talent is acute in Austin and every U.S. The U.S. faces a shortage of as many as 21 million skilled workers by 2020 in manufacturing, energy, health care, technology, education and other fields, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Inc Startups

JULY 24, 2015

Africa is a land of opportunity, of entrepreneurs who are taking chances and finding ways to help it grow Forget old Hollywood stereotypes you've heard about this place.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

It is also available across Africa. Netflix’s Africa launch, speculated on for so long, took the continent by surprise, but in reality it is the latest escalation of the VoD battle in Africa that has also seen the likes of Naspers and Ericsson roll out services.

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Chaganomics

APRIL 22, 2015

He said he was generally bullish about South Africa as a favourable investment destination, but that it would be appropriate to scale the investment to this country’s risky. Goldman Sachs Investing Investment mining South Africa

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 25, 2015

Tech training program Andela is betting on an innovative education model to help address the global skills gap

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector.

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Inc Startups

MARCH 14, 2017

South Africa is considered ground zero for rhino poaching, but the Lindbergh Foundation's Air Shepard program shows that using drones can help conserve them

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Inc Startups

APRIL 21, 2017

MasterCard is currently testing the technology in South Africa. Security

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 11, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of African small businesses are struggling to find lenders willing to invest more than a few hundred dollars. Here is one company trying to change that

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ArcticStartup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

That makes it difficult for me to compare prices next to Skype, but it may help explain their growing popularity in the Middle East and Africa, where the price point they're competing against has traditionally been the fixed price-per-time-period idea of calling cards.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

All over Africa, young men and women have missioned across the country and arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. Africa Entrepreneur Shareables NewsWhat have you built lately?

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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Inc Startups

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

What challenges does a businessperson face living in South Africa? I later spent a year in Johannesburg, South Africa, advising a large metals and mining company on their global growth strategy. Avondale's Bill Stewart shares his story of a year abroad in Johannesburg.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Bitcoin Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Mobile Technology Venture Capital Women africa blockchain Blockstream emerging markets globalization social impact We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact. – Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company).

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2017

Christina Sass is co-founder and COO of Andela, a company that locates, trains, and staffs world-class engineers in Africa for hire by tech companies in the US and elsewhere. The post How Andela Finds and Trains World-Class Engineers in Africa [Traction #41: Christina Sass] appeared first on NextView Ventures. They’ve sparked a movement, cracked the code on finding great coders, and have attracted investors like Mark Zuckerberg.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 16, 2016

Mark Zuckerbergand Priscilla Chanare betting thatstartup Andela can find and cultivate Africa's most talent technological minds

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 19, 2016

We have been working in Africa for two years and have identified a project pipeline of 400 million euros worth of high-quality potential projects where we aim to participate during the next five years.

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 26, 2015

Ever thought about expanding your business overseas? Here''s why you should consider certain often-overlooked markets

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

As Western growth stalls, and emerging and frontier markets (such as Africa) grow, we will collaborate in ways not imagined before. As a venture capitalist, I am privy to innovations long before they become mainstream, one of the things I love about my job. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Riddle me this: Why has Botswana, a landlocked country in the south of Africa, become one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, while other African nations — Zimbabwe, the Congo and Sierra Leone among them — remain caught in a miasma of violence and poverty?

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Inc Startups

MARCH 6, 2013

After winning Virgin Unite's Screw Business as Usual competition, Raise5 co-founder Shayan Nahrvar traveled to South Africa to meet Sir Richard Branson himself.

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ArcticStartup

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Jolla’s Sailfish OS, the mobile operating system offering a true independent choice to the existing US-based operating systems is continuing strong in its licensing strategy. Since Jolla has struggled over the years – any new partnerships come at a good time for the company. "In In 4-5 years we have been operating we have run out of money 4-5 times," Chairman Antti Saarnio said at a news conference on sidelines of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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ArcticStartup

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Eskimi , the Lithuanian-founded mobile social network that''s been booming in parts of Africa, has been making a few important partnerships lately. Emmanuel Oluwatosin, Partner Manager, Nokia West and Central Africa, says, “It’s great to have Eskimi on board of Nokia store.

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Inc Startups

MARCH 2, 2016

Andela trains, and then employs, Africa's young programmers

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Inc Startups

OCTOBER 9, 2014

From South Africa to Silicon Valley, young entrepreneurs are employing a variety of strategies to help their new companies thrive

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Third Mainland Bridge is one of three bridges that connect Lagos’ Victoria Island with the ‘mainland’ and is the longest bridge in Africa. With a population estimated at between 21 and 23 million people, every month another 50,000 people converge from across Africa to live in the city.

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Winston-Salem Journal State/Region News

JUNE 19, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki, the career scoring leader among international players, will be one of the captains for the NBA's Africa Game on Aug.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 25, 2012

The service has grown steadily in popularity in Africa, where desktop-based social networks have not meet the needs of every mobile user. There is also a growing user-base in Ghana, South Africa,Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, where there are over 250 000 users each. We are planning to strengthen our positions in African continent and go for the dominantposition in Africa”, CEO Vytas Paukstys shared. “We

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Africa may be home to mostly developing countries, but that doesn’t mean there’s little or no entrepreneurship on the continent. The applicant must be an African citizen who lives and school in Africa. • Applicants must be an African citizen who lives in Africa.

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Mark Birch

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

thenextweb : “Africa is being tipped to pass one billion mobile subscriptions to become the world’s second largest mobile market by 2016 according to new research from analyst firm Informa. Informa explains that the development of the region’s “relatively immature telecoms market” — thanks to increased competition and lower costs — combined with the continued growth of Africa’s population are the primary reasons for its growth predictions. mobile tech Africa 3G

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Over 100 startups applied for Africa and eleven were chosen to compete in the Cape Town final held at Frieda’s on Bree. Africa Entrepreneur african startups cape town cape town startups google incubator News ogilvy pashash silicon cape startup world

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ArcticStartup

APRIL 14, 2011

Garage48 has announced that they will be holding 5 events in Africa. While the mentioned events are confirmed, the team also plans to hold events in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. Bringing Garage48 to Africa is a beginning to a more global approach of the team and they have done a remarkable job after starting just a year back in April, 2010. Despite expanding to Africa, there are still many opportunities to be grasped in the Nordics and Baltics as well.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 21, 2017

A Native of South Africa, Clinton Phillips, a serial entrepreneur, recently founded Medici, a HIPAA-complaint telemedicine app, in Austin and raised more than $24 million in venture capital funding. Previously, Phillips founded and ran Aspen-based Aspen Back & Body, physical rehab clinic, that he sold to Laser Spine Institute.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 20, 2016

James Beshara of Tilt, the fast-growing payments platform, learned the art of the pivot after doing some unusual non-profit work in South Africa

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Winston-Salem Journal State/Region News

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

AP) — Authorities say a child pornography investigation in North Carolina led to the arrests of the parents of a 14-year-old girl in South Africa RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)

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Inc Startups

MARCH 8, 2013

Shayan Nahrvar, the co-founder of Raise5, describes his experience meeting Richard Branson and other entrepreneurs in South Africa. Earlier, Nahvar described his first day in South Africa.

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Winston-Salem Journal State/Region News

OCTOBER 28, 2016

AP) — The Army is investigating the death of a Fort Bragg soldier in Africa FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP)

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SiliconHills

MARCH 5, 2017

TrendKite hired Gerard McNamara as its vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. […] The post TrendKite Expands to London appeared first on SiliconHills. TrendKite, a public relations analytics company for agencies and corporate brands, has opened a new office in London. The Austin-based startup, founded in 2012, closed on $16.6 million in funding last year and to date has raised $37 million.

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