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FinTech Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa

The Startup Magazine

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

Africa 62
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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Many Israeli companies build technologies which could be very valuable to the broader Middle East region, particularly in water tech, agriculture technology, and cybersecurity. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. I thought others might be interested in my list.

UAE 60
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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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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. I love solving problems with human-powered technology, which is why building and branding mobile apps has been the perfect outlet for my entrepreneurial energy. Thanks to Sarah Zurell, Pavemint ! #21-

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What Asia and Facebook’s Free Internet Project Have in Common?

Transformify

Although Mark Zuckerberg’s plea to the tech community to put those without basic Internet service before their interest in "the intellectual purity of technology" might not be completely altruistic, the positive effects of free Internet are tremendous. Women represent two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally.

Asia 40
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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.