The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

In February I found myself seeking air-conditioned sanctuary in the Dar Es Salaam offices of Kinu , a co-working space and business accelerator, talking with Co-Founder and Community Manager John Paul Barretto. industry in Tanzania. Aside from the required infrastructure, labor conditions and ease of doing business, etc.,

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. Paul Bragiel, founder of I/O Ventures launched the Savannah Fund to invest in East african startups.

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Silicon Valley Tanzania Chile Rwanda 148

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, the bank’s founder and “the father of microfinance,” won the Nobel Peace Prize. Reuben Mpunda, Tanzania. 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.

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Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 263

thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

My parents, who were both born and raised in different parts of Tanzania, were determined to show us the material poverty (and outsized generosity) of people on our first trip to India. VC’s like to say that the best entrepreneurs are the ones that have intimately experienced the problem they are solving.

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Silicon Valley Tanzania New Jersey United States 40

thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2015

My parents, who were both born and raised in different parts of Tanzania, were determined to show us the material poverty (and outsized generosity) of people on our first trip to India. VC’s like to say that the best entrepreneurs are the ones that have intimately experienced the problem they are solving.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Tanzania New Jersey United States 40