thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Babbling VC

APRIL 28, 2019

I couldn't care less whether you're in the office or working from Tanzania. What we do demand though is that people are flexible for us just as we are for them. At the same time, we want to be able to trust our teams blindly and let them learn by making mistakes if necessary. . We also don't adhere to conventional work environments.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

As regular readers of my blog know, I was born in Nairobi and grew up visiting the developing world in the 1980s, after my family moved to the United States. I wrote about the power of the word, spoken or written, and how it could potentially aid in development and education in these developing countries.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

As regular readers of my blog know, I was born in Nairobi and grew up visiting the developing world in the 1980s, after my family moved to the United States. I wrote about the power of the word, spoken or written, and how it could potentially aid in development and education in these developing countries.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

In Kenya and Tanzania, over 25 million people use the M-Pesa mobile payments platform, operated by Safaricom and Vodacom, with money sent via text message. In developing countries, only 37% of women have bank accounts, compared to 46% of men reports the Gate Foundation. report concludes.” With 25% of India’s 1.2

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