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How Social Distancing Is Helping The Environment

YoungUpstarts

As restrictions ease, there aren’t any signs to indicate that demand is going to return to previous levels. Bears in Yosemite, California and lions in Kruger, South Africa have all been roaming into the spaces usually reserved for human visitors. In the case of COVID-19 and its impact on the environment, it might just be a green one.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

Starting my own business has given me the freedom to spend more time with my family and kids, go for a hike in the morning, make a green smoothie, and work with innovative direct-to-consumer companies that I am personally passionate about and are creating some force of good in the world every day. Photo Credit: Shaun Taylor.

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8 And an environment that encourages and demands learning and constant improvement of people and processes.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Over the years, we discovered that UK homeowners and tenants needed more domestic services which we added to our portfolio as and when there was a demand. 15- Help people in Africa get access to clean water. Anton already had experience in the cleaning business, so that’s where our journey began. Thanks to Tana M.

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

thebarefootvc

In places where international diplomacy had failed, citizens around the world found their individual and collective voices to topple dictatorships and demand better lives for themselves and future generations. As Western growth stalls, and emerging and frontier markets (such as Africa) grow, we will collaborate in ways not imagined before.

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Manjit Singh Sahota on Energy Tech Innovation in Oil and Gas Exploration

The Startup Magazine

One area experiencing significant growth in the number of operating oil wells is in Africa, whose oil wells are projected to increase by up to 9 percent over the next year. The first factor that should be considered when talking about the future of the oil and gas industry, particularly offshore drilling, is the green movement.

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Steve and Kate the Remote Worker

Transformify

After much talk Steve noticed that a country in Africa known as Nigeria is the major patronizer of his telecommunication products. She spoke to Steve about several people like how in both Africa and the World who are earning a living online and she has travelled around to meet with some of them who has helped her to get to where she is too.

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