The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have the opportunity to build bridges from NYC to Nairobi, from Dhaka to Denver, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. And then there are all the dating anecdotes from my six years in NYC (but that’s a very entertaining book and I’m digressing). Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture It’s a rhetorical question. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

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Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 78

ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2012

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. A Different Valley Culture. Alliy is well aware that East Africa is a lot closer to the Rift Valley than Silicon Valley.

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Africa Tanzania San Francisco Silicon Valley 60