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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. Turkana is home to Kakuma refugee camp, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, with over 200,000 residents and where we have been operating since October. In the U.S.,

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[INTERVIEW] David Mimran, Director Of The Mimran Group

YoungUpstarts

And, because Africa has vast nitrogen, phosphate, and potash deposits , this cost is unnecessary. MNR aims to close Africa’s fertilizer deficit and empower the continent’s farmers to expand production into the 80% of arable land not currently under cultivation there. You’re involved in another big project in West Africa.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

Since my business is a part of the lawn care industry, the way in which we operate can have a massive environmental impact. 2- Recruiting the unemployed from Africa. We are currently focusing on sustainable operational practices to reduce the waste produced by the company. Thanks to Jeremy Yamaguchi, Lawn Love ! #2-

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

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. No continent knows “the curse of potential” better than Africa.

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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund. Johnni Kjelsgaard is one of the world’s most enthusiastic proponents of Africa’s entrepreneurial potential.

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation.

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