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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

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. Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Business / Finance.

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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

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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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

From their website: While microfinance has helped millions, many people have been left out: Think remote rural villages in Kenya or recent refugees with no credit history in the United States. Kiva is a fully international source for small loans, and Kiva Zip is available in Kenya. Currently Kiva Zip is only available only in the U.S.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Her business selling jewelry and perfume is still growing, enough that Calzado can afford to do charity work with immigrant women.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 13: Liz Powers and Rocio Perez-Ochoa

Steve Blank

Rocio Perez-Ochoa , co-founder of Bidhaa Sasa , which finances and distributes household goods that can improve families’ quality of life in rural Kenya. Rocio Perez-Ochoa. Listen to the full interviews by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here. And download any of the past shows here.).

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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. TSM: From where you started, have you had to adjust your strategy over the years? Describe the company’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

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Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change

VC Cafe

SRC puts this framework to practice in Social Finance, a social impact investment firm he founded to manage his philanthropic activities. For example, the Bridgespan Group has invested in an education initiative in Kenya that is helping to improve the reading skills of primary school students.