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How to Hire a Remote Software Development Team

ReadWriteStart

With the rapid shift in the digital space, there has been a high demand for skilled software developers. Flexibility : Based on the demands of your project, remote teams provide flexibility in scaling your workforce up or down. Nigeria : Nigeria is an African country with a fast-growing IT sector.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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How may graduates in Africa secure extra income?

Transformify

I hope that I will be able to follow his steps, but meanwhile, I have to secure a stable income, enhance my skills and build my network. Marketing entry jobs are not well paid, but I need to develop my skills and build a network. " Each year thousands of students in Kenya and Nigeria are graduating from the Universities.

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Focus on awareness and metrics are keys to success

Up and Running

Sure, the barriers to entry are lower, and customers are one mere click away from their growing social networks. So instead they plough on building and coding, without paying attention to the fact that demand may be weak; customer input has been negligible; and cash is dwindling. These entrepreneurs soon find out it is not.

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THINK. TECH. DISCOVER.

Austin Startup

Now we see weird case of designer from Nigeria collaborating with APP developer from Romania building a product which Intellectual Property is registered in Netherlands and LLC registered in Boston. You see the business of innovative solutions does not include services or products that are demanded by the market.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

And as they do so, the demand for high-quality engineering talent is going up exponentially. And because of this, the demand for Silicon Valley caliber talent is growing exponentially. And in many places, the distribution of LTE mobile networks have untethered people from wired networks altogether.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

However, I see growing awareness from traditional financial institutions that some of these innovations can help them reach not only vastly underserved markets but also digitally savvy consumers who are demanding better service at better price points. employ 60K people in 11 countries. The post Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?