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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

A finalist in Payment and FinTech Technology category, Pawame is lighting up rural communities in Africa with clean, affordable and reliable solar home systems. Nairobi is the undisputed startup hub of East Africa, and perhaps all of Africa. The founders?—?Alex and we can’t do it by ourselves.

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12 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

He is also the most engaged business leader on Facebook in Africa. Rossanna Ceccato is the founder of Redress, a disruptive clothing platform that helps women renew and refresh their wardrobes through dress swaps. I have been continually impressed by Sarah Hawley, the founder of Growmotely. 2- Jeff Bezos. Photo Credit: John Li.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

White When my Co-Founders Leslie Alvarado and Dr. Aubrey J. Thanks to Wendy Diamond, Animal Fair Media ! #5- I named my business “Everyday Recycler” because I want my community to embrace recycling as a part of their everyday life! Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Tell us in the comments below.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. Media relationships. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it.

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

thebarefootvc

Women Rising: Microfinance institutions have known for years that women have higher repayment rates than men and that women are more likely to invest the borrowed capital back into their families and local communities. The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience.

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How Paparide Network leverages the sharing economy to decongest cities

The Startup Magazine

Ayoub Moutiya, co-Founder and CEO of Paparide Network , talks about how he was able to leverage the sharing economy to not only reduce traffic in cities, but also clean-up pollution along the way. Ayoub Moutiya, CEO and Co-Founder of Paparide Network. I was living east side, and my workplace was in Downtown Montréal.