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When to Pay a Premium for Your Company Domain Name

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. ne), and Ethiopia (.et) Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? Ham established a relationship with the Cameroon government and did the work to route the traffic his way.

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Three Megatrends That Will Affect Everybody’s Business

YoungUpstarts

Over the next five years, some African economies (Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania, just to name a few) are likely to grow as fast as, or faster, than some of the recent Asian champions. The internet of everything is on its way. This growth comes with challenges however. And this change will only continue to move quicker!

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How Much Should You Pay For a Great Domain Name?

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. ne), and Ethiopia (.et) Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? Ham established a relationship with the Cameroon government and did the work to route the traffic his way.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Likelesh Gebru, Ethiopia. He now serves upwards of 100 customers a day and has done well enough to start “Gumbo Under the Bridge,” a program to feed the homeless.

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11 Compelling TED Talks On Money

YoungUpstarts

It’s going to take a bit of time and even more money, but this former World Bank economist shares a strategy to forge a commodities market in Ethiopia, with the ultimate goal of creating a sustainable society. Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Ethiopian economics. Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world.

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What Asia and Facebook’s Free Internet Project Have in Common?

Transformify

May Mark Zuckerberg’s free Internet project help more on the long run than the one –off donations? " Zero rating means that accessing some websites and apps doesn't eat into an internet subscriber's data allotment. Source: Aljazeera). Women represent two-thirds of all illiterate adults globally.

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