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FinTech Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa

The Startup Magazine

Finnovation Africa: Ethiopia 2017 is delighted to welcome a stellar list of keynote speakers, including Chris Principe , CEO of Chain2Trade, Inc. Mr. Diop continued by saying, “As the formal economy grows we see individuals, communities, and nations prosper and make progress on strategic growth and development priorities.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Owning my own business allows me to make decisions that best suit the community while taking my own needs into consideration. For example, when I was volunteering in Ethiopia I realized one of the biggest problems was a lack of job for women. Thanks to Sarah Zurell, Pavemint ! #21- 21- Making a difference.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Likelesh Gebru, Ethiopia. When The Baptist University of the Americas asked him to set up shop on campus, he financed the project with a $4,265 loan from ACCION Texas-Louisiana to secure supplies and part-time employees. To supplement her husband’s tiny income, Likelesh Gebru, a mother of five in Kacha Bira, started a small trading business.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. Imagine installing them on every single well in Ethiopia. Or Uganda for example.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. Imagine installing them on every single well in Ethiopia. Or Uganda for example.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Alfred Jorgensen Laboratory

crowdSPRING Blog

AJL supply these yeasts to breweries in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Brazil, Chile, USA, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Korea, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, Belgium, Holland, Vi etnam, Germany and many other countries.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

I’ve identified a wide range of organizations who are working on bridging the economic, cultural, and political gap between Israel, the Arab community, and the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”) through technology. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Takwin Labs.

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