YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2014

Judy Lee – a well coiffured Taiwanese lady with an “African soul”, who was more at home scaling the corporate ladder in Africa than navigating bureaucratic hurdles in China, and who found balance in Christianity.

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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. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

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Up and Running

MAY 26, 2021

You can also get web-based wellbeing services that would help with their mental health. In South Africa, a small donation is asked with every meal to help feed the poor. Employee wellness programs might work for a lot of employees, but for the few that it doesn’t work for, there’s a great solution, working remotely.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2016

This can happen when you trust the wrong hosting company with your web property. Netcraft Hosting Provider Performance Monitor provides a regularly updated record of 40 web-hosting companies. PC Magazine publishes a credible list of top web hosting services, along with reviews. Step #7: Check their Customer Support.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Website, web app, or a mobile app—what would be the right “form” for your business idea ? Will your product serve better as a mobile app (which offers a better experience on mobile, yet needs to be installed and can be deleted on a whim), or a web app (immediately accessible at any time, yet less simple to navigate from a handheld gadget)?

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The Next Web

JUNE 16, 2018

I’m often asked how the company I work for managed to successfully expand from Sub-Saharan Africa to Poland, a very different type of market, to say the least. There are vast cultural differences that can… This story continues at The Next Web. It’s complicated but I can tell you one thing, we didn’t follow any existing playbook.

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Austin Startup

JULY 14, 2017

This is what Silicon Valley contributed to the Internet and no amount of media spin or PR crisis campaign is going to change what Silicon Valley done to a great technology such as the World Wide Web and the digital economy.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They start creative agencies - graphic design, public relation, web development firms, and the like to leverage their business and creative talent to its most effective end. They start restaurants to create and share beautiful food, service, and atmosphere.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 23, 2014

Less than two years later, it became the first startup from Africa to receive funding from 500 Startups. This story continues at The Next Web. The post Startup founders in Southeast Asia, it’s time to step up appeared first on The Next Web. The company was founded in 2011. The Dropifi story got me thinking about.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Because ooomf is a vetted network of mobile and Web independent professionals where the professionals pick their work, we thought one of the strongest parts of our presentation was the opportunity in our market. Image credit: Shutterstock / Africa Studio. What does this market look like? Is it growing? Business Model?—?How

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

There will be big growth in the world but it will be elsewhere in countries like India or in Africa , where there will also be some big opportunities. One example of how fast we have been speeding up is that the number of mobile web users is growing eight times faster today than the number of people getting on desktops in the mid-1990s.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 23, 2020

Augmented reality is the web of tomorrow. Michel researching South Africa. The travel experience today begins when the consumer opens the catalog or web browser. For example, one day I saw a person known in the travel industry on TV— the founder of the world’s first web-based travel agency.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

It also streamlines your web experience. miiCard provides one identity which you can use across the web where you need trust for example when trading on auction sites, online dating, in social networking and when applying for new financial products and services that require an identity check.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

We are also looking at the Core Web Vitals that are due in 2021- which will look at some very important factors that determine user experience on websites. In the safari industry going forward, we have an interesting time coming up trying to keep young people interested in visiting Africa and coming on a safari. 6- Two strategies. #13-

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

They start creative agencies – graphic design, public relation, web development firms, and the like to leverage their business and creative talent to its most effective end. They start restaurants to create and share beautiful food, service, and atmosphere.

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2014

Joseph is based in San Francisco and has lived and worked in Singapore, India, England, Australia, and South Africa. This story continues at The Next Web. Joseph Pigato is the Managing Director of Sparked. Recruiting, interviewing and hiring staff overseas can be an adventure. Entrepreneur'

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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. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

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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. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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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? You might chalk it… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

But it wasn’t until I was in Africa several years ago that I was inspired by the people I met there to follow my own dreams – and start a new business. Thanks to Shiv Gupta, Incrementors Web Solutions ! #27- There when I made up my mind to establish Incrementors. 27- Transform the digital landscape. Photo Credit: Dave Nilsson.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Africa Travel was established over 25 years ago, so there was no such thing as search engine optimisation back then. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- In 1995, had it not been for the internet and the task of shortening our company name to a web address, it would never had happened. Photo Credit: Chris Wain.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Given the growth of information online, it is not a surprise that consumers are now looking for more personalized, curated shopping experiences on the Web, and leveraging their social networks and other trusted sources to find products. And Beyond…. In the West, we have been living in relative prosperity for decades.

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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. Maker Faire Africa is more than your typical startup event: it actually shows off innovations, inventions, and initiatives that solve immediate challenges and problems, and then works to support and propagate them.

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The Next Web

JULY 9, 2012

Later this year, you’ll be able to find The Next Web (more specifically, me) at the huge international Webit Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Over the years we’ve invested in several companies building towards a more equitable world, including Andela in 2015, which started software coding academies throughout Africa and matched talent with multinationals throughout the world.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2015

And it is this trend that our business taps into, offering something a little different – in our case, high quality, contemporary homeware from East and Southern Africa. Before we set off, we spent hours trawling the web, looking for leads which could help provide our sourcing trip with at least a little structure.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 9, 2019

Most hurricanes that reach the United States start off the coast of West Africa. In the prior example of the flooring company, Snowplow joined the data from web analytics and marketing automation tools to provide ongoing visibility about how users progressed through the journey. Image source ). Thus, a form fill is worth $500.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

A recent aim for a water well in Africa was funded by sales of more than 300 sustainably-made, BPA-free water bottles. According to Paull Young, director of digital at charity:water, the organization ensures that 100 percent of money raised goes directly to fund water efforts, primarily in Africa and southeast Asia.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Next Web Blog. Part of The Next Web family. Copyright 2011 The Next Web. login / register. Conference. tips@thenextweb.com. -->. Social Media. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. Grammy CMO spells out social media savvy. Reprise for iOS makes iTunes look ugly. All Stories. Top Stories. Daily Dose. Design & Dev. Entrepreneur.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Since you just might be among the shopping droves today, I’ve collected some of the most interesting business news from around the web – be sure to read this post while you’re waiting in line to pay! Mall for Africa. Mall for Africa is trying to tackle this problem by being the middle man between retailers in the U.S.,

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Technology is a booming industry, with Web 2.0, On a personal level, he has leveraged his platform’s popularity by raising money to build water wells in Africa, which led to the launch of the Social Good Summit; an annual conference focused on using social media to make the world a better place. by Morgan Sims.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

South Africa: Motivated. “Every day potential business partners, clients and employers are searching for professionals on the Web,” says Nicole Williams , LinkedIn’s career expert. India: Effective. Indonesia: Multinational. Italy: Responsible. Malaysia: Motivated. Netherlands: Creative. New Zealand: Creative.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

He lived in the middle of Africa in a pretty rural place. Jono Bacon: And the reason why he did this was because even though he was just a kid in Africa, on the global stage, he was playing a cog in a much bigger machine. I’ve got a web product. they’re not going to spend time in a web browser hanging out with you.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Africa ahead in mobile. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Upon discovery of the situation on October 30th, members of the creativity community launched a web-based petition, asking the Department of State of the USA, American Citizen Services Unit, to use every tool of diplomacy to secure the release of Dr. Black. Black’s family, and the Embassy has taken preliminary steps to advocate for Dr. Black.

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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. Following the judges decision, Pashash ‘s founder Faheem Kajee will now compete in the Startup World grand final in San Francisco 2013.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Next Taha Jiwaji of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, gave us an interesting snapshot of some opportunities opening up in Africa. With no other job portal operating in Africa so far, I suggested that could be a separate venture for him to explore. More to come from entrepreneurs in Africa I'm sure. Don't spray and pray! Bongo Live!

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