Transformify
APRIL 15, 2016
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. The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 25, 2017
billion people to the predicted eight billion in a few years, startups are starting to appear in places inside the developing world. Germán Montoya is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Creative Officer at Rokk3r Labs. As access to the internet increases from the current 3.5
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Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account. Two is to reach up to 20,000 new households, including expanding into one, maybe two new markets outside Kenya.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
Guest Post by Jennifer Maerz, Contributing Editor of Lean Startup Co., First up in our speaker spotlight series is an edited transcript of our Q&A with Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , a non-profit working to distribute beneficial goods to rural communities in Kenya. with Kirsten Cluthe as Contributor.
thebarefootvc
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact.
NZ Entrepreneur
JANUARY 20, 2022
Having spent close on a decade working in and reporting on our small but burgeoning startup ecosystem, and a decade before that “building my chops” in other various entrepreneurial endeavours, I am familiar with the toll that entrepreneurship can exact on founder mental health. If your business is a success you are a success.
thebarefootvc
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). One only needs to look at the example of M-Pesa in Kenya to see how digital currency can impact the underserved. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact.
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