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May Business Angels Spread Their Wings Over Kenya?

Transformify

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, is a vibrant city offering various resources for young start – ups, including accelerator 88MPH and incubator i-Hub.

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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

YoungUpstarts

On the other hand, he’s a zealous engineer of social change. First one for Swedish Trade Council in Nairobi, Kenya was to learn and start from the very bottom. Those two passions have combined in his latest business, Orten.io. Is this an approach you would recommend to others as a means of breaking through in a difficult job market?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

A demonstration of Hemafuse at the launch event with Amref Health Africa in Kenya. In addition to entrepreneurship, she has a background in chemical engineering, supply chain management, biomedical engineering research, microbiology research, and new product development for U.S. and Indian companies.

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How many cofounders should your startup have?

The Next Web

A couple years in, I got married and left on my honeymoon for two weeks to Kenya – where I had no email or phone connectivity much of the time. Three of my cofounders are engineering masterminds (with various skillsets.) Skills – I do product, business, marketing. The last is a designer.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

Maha : In 2014, we visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya as part of a Gates Foundation/United Nations led initiative to build schools & clinics for the community. David : If I’m the train, then Maha is the engine. TSM: From where you started, have you had to adjust your strategy over the years?

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Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to!

Occam's Razor

According to Pew, while cell phones are nearly ubiquitous around the world (95% China, 91% Chile, 82% Kenya), penetration of smartphones are still getting there (37% China, 39% Chile, 19% Kenya). The drilldowns are Keyword, Source (engine) and Mobile Device Branding. And again, a custom set of metrics.

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From Israel to Pakistan, Community is Key When Building a Startup (Google I/O)

VC Cafe

The panel included Erik Hersman (Kenya ,founder of iHub), Eden Shochat (Israel, founder of Face.com, VC at Genesis, founder of The Junction), Jon Bradford (UK/Ireland, founder of Springboard), Jeffery Paine (Singapore, Golden Gate Ventures) and Jehan Ara (Pakistan). Eden - we have mandatory service in the army (18-21). They were sporadic.

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