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FinTech Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa

The Startup Magazine

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

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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. Infrastructure will need to be redone and rethought, creating a lot of openings for building and technology innovators. Explosion in technology. .

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Geography of The Great Resignation: What Is the Global Impact?

Board Effect

From an industry standpoint, hospitality jobs are lagging, and technology positions are soaring. . Fashion, technology, and manufacturing have all been impacted by workers resigning. Asia claims to have a growing shortage of skilled workers in the technology industry. The Great Resignation 2021 in the United Kingdom.

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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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27 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

I love solving problems with human-powered technology, which is why building and branding mobile apps has been the perfect outlet for my entrepreneurial energy. For example, when I was volunteering in Ethiopia I realized one of the biggest problems was a lack of job for women. Thanks to Sarah Zurell, Pavemint ! #21-

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. Imagine installing them on every single well in Ethiopia. Or Uganda for example.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

It’s still early days, but we launched a program called “ Pipeline ” and have now deployed 1,000 remote sensors in Ethiopia which are giving us not only functionality reports, but telling us exactly how many liters of clean water are flowing every day. Imagine installing them on every single well in Ethiopia. Or Uganda for example.