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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

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Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year.

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Counting On ‘Social Capital’: The New Way To Evaluate Entrepreneurial Worth

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by Chris Hale, CEO and Founder of kountable, Inc. In a 3-year examination of the challenges faced by skilled entrepreneurs with highly developed social capital operating in geographies with underdeveloped ‘financial capital’ markets, the dislocation between the two proved to be profound and stifling. Entrepreneurs hustle.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Operating as an accelerator, starting in September it will recruit two classes of five startups per year.

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What the Elephant God Can Teach Tech Entrepreneurs

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Large Flapping Ears: Last year when I was in Rwanda I wrote a post on the importance of listening. Focus is key to successful execution and is why visionary founders with great ideas are often paired with more operational leaders. Large ears signify listening capacity. When we are concentrating our eyes narrow.

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