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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy? I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy? I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

And why should these transactions cost the poor more than they cost the wealthy? I didn’t take out my phone – still a feature phone, this was the year the iPhone was released – as I was told I may be followed and arrested if the government thought I was a journalist. I last went to Burma in 2007.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Our winner in Rwanda Zilencio Creativo is a Kickstarter clone; When asked why the founders built a clone they told us they were unable to put a project on Kickstarter as the legalities state it’s for USA users only. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. Governments supportive of technology.