YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

It is being impacted by the growth in mobile network operators and mobile payment platforms, not classified as deposit-taking institutions, who are acting as banking agents. In Kenya and Tanzania, over 25 million people use the M-Pesa mobile payments platform, operated by Safaricom and Vodacom, with money sent via text message.

India 100

India Mobile SMS Tanzania 100

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Governments supportive of technology. In Africa in particular governments are very involved in promoting technology and see it as a future industry that will kick start the economy. In both Rwanda and Tanzania ministers for technology spoke about how they see technology as the future for their the economic wealth of their country.

Silicon Valley 148

Silicon Valley Tanzania Chile Rwanda 148

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114