YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

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. The internet of everything is on its way. This growth comes with challenges however. And this change will only continue to move quicker!

Mozambique 100

Mozambique Ethiopia Tanzania Bangladesh 100

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. 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. Many female entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 148

Silicon Valley Tanzania Chile Rwanda 148

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

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. Mpunda had struggled for 10 years working at a hotel, a brewery, and a ruby mine.

Colombia 256

Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 256

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Eric Ries : I had to do the math, and it's dangerous to do the math live, but I had to look up on Wikipedia the number of English-speaking internet users, which is about 1.1 Eric Ries : So if I'm getting it right, 60 million people is something like 5% of the possible audience of people who are on the internet and speak English.

South Korea 114

South Korea Silicon Valley Sweden Italy 114

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. At the time I couldn’t even imagine an Internet – that would have been more fantastical than the science fiction that was my genre of choice.

Silicon Valley 40

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. At the time I couldn’t even imagine an Internet – that would have been more fantastical than the science fiction that was my genre of choice.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Tanzania New Jersey United States 40