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

Transformify

70% of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 shaping one of the largest untapped talent pools in the world. What are the drivers behind these figures and why Africa is so polarized when it comes to skills development and unemployment rates? Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

…suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring. Fully remote distributed companies used to be a rarity. Companies Must Build a Process for Managing Distributed Engineering Teams. Here is remote work in the time of COVID-19.

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The Midas List Then and Now

View from Seed

One of the weaknesses of the Midas list methodology (so I’ve heard) is that it under-emphasizes the impact of one’s cost basis and ownership relative to fund size. Innovation is Becoming More Broadly Distributed. This number is probably low vs the reality of actual performance.

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5 Reasons That Successful Non-Profits Are A Challenge

Startup Professionals Musings

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. distributed cash aid from $137.9 distributed cash aid from $63.9 distributed cash aid from $62.8 distributed cash aid from $70.2

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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. Terry and Tony Pearce of mattress company Purple not only created a product that supports customers with spine problems so they can get a good night sleep, but also used a cost-effective business model that delivered an enormous, immediate game-changing result.

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Bankless Banking Is Ready For Its Close-Up

YoungUpstarts

However, the vast majority of bankless adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and India. Microfinance institutions are able to offer more competitive loan rates to their users to take advantage of lower costs due to dealing in cash. Even the United States has unbanked households. In India, at least 50% of the 1.3

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5 Reality Checks On Running A Charitable Organization

Startup Professionals Musings

Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. distributed cash aid from $137.9 distributed cash aid from $63.9 distributed cash aid from $62.8 distributed cash aid from $70.2