Transformify
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account. Two is to reach up to 20,000 new households, including expanding into one, maybe two new markets outside Kenya.
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thebarefootvc
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
The combination of mobile technology, sensors, robotics, and data analytics will create businesses that can empower billions of people around the world through decentralized and distributed networks where the “middlemen” are no longer required. No where is this more apparent than in financial services.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
As we lead up to the big day, we’re spotlighting speakers who’ll be involved in our hands-on workshops, lightning talks, keynotes, interactive breakout sessions, and other learning and networking events. Fix the distribution bottleneck in rural Kenya. “My The inspiration for Bidhaa Sasa? We went straight into customer discovery.
thebarefootvc
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
The combination of mobile technology, sensors, robotics, and data analytics will create businesses that can empower billions of people around the world through decentralized and distributed networks where the “middlemen” are no longer required. No where is this more apparent than in financial services.
thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
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.
Agile VC
JUNE 12, 2012
M-Pesa created by mobile carrier Safaricom in Kenya is the best known example of this. They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. But again the store of value in prepaid minutes was the key.
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